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Matt JohnstonMajor Projects Editor

Matt Johnston is major projects editor at the Herald Sun. He is a former state political editor who has covered local, state and federal politics since 2008. He is a three-time Quill award winner and a Walkley Awards finalist.

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Victoria

How your travel time to Melbourne Airport is set to be slashed

New express roads and drop-off points due to open at Melbourne Airport next year are set to cut travel times and reduce traffic jams.

Victoria

‘Mind the gap’: Design fail at new Metro Tunnel stations

New station platforms in the $15bn Metro Tunnel that were designed to allow wheelchair access do not line up with the height of train floors, with a leading disability group slamming the “demoralising” blunder.

ExclusiveVictoria

There have been delays and cost blowouts on multiple construction projects that connect transmission lines in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and NSW.

Electricity bills to soar due to ‘horrifyingly slow’ powerline rollout

Victorians are set to be stung with higher electricity bills because of major delays building the state’s multibillion-dollar high-voltage powerline network.

ExclusiveVictoria

07/07/2024 Renders of the Melbourne airport Rail link project. supplied

‘Tipping point’ could fast-track airport rail link

Melbourne Airport is bracing for its “biggest ever growth period” — and if a certain threshold is met, the long-awaited rail link may be built sooner than expected.

Victoria

Tigerair Australia CEO, Merren McArthur. Picture: suppliedHow I pack, Paul Ewart, Escape

‘End the years of waiting’: New boss for Melbourne Airport Rail group

A former airline chief executive is set to haul the long-awaited airport rail project back on track, fuelling hope it could be built by early next decade.

Victoria

SRL - Albion to Monash University Time now and when SLR completed. Supplied,

Revealed: How long your trip will take once SRL opens

Peak hour commuters in one Melbourne suburb could save up to 40 minutes getting to university or work once the $34.5bn Suburban Rail Loop East opens. See the journey mapped.

Opinion

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, MAY 7, 2023. (L-R) Premier Dan Andrews and Deputy Premier Jacinta Allan at the Westgate Tunnel construction site. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Josie Hayden

Johnston: We may never know West Gate Tunnel final cost

A secret arrangement means the public may be left in the dark on the tunnel’s total cost and we may never get a review of whether it is value for money.

Victoria

Former CFMEU South Australia boss, Marcus Pare. Picture: Instagram

Former CFMEU boss booted after splashing union cash

An ex-CFMEU boss who went on a $100k spending spree with a union credit card, and allegedly maintained contact with bikies, has been kicked out of the construction union.

exclusiveVictoria

The project is already almost $4bn over its $6.3bn budget, and running three years late.

Fresh West Gate Tunnel cost blow out to double initial $6.3bn price

New cost blowouts on the West Gate Tunnel are set to top $1.5bn, taking the problem-plagued toll road’s final price to almost twice its original $6.3bn.

Victoria

Analysis: How Allan’s war on ‘fossil gas’ went off the rails

After backing down a second time in her war on gas, it’s likely Jacinta Allan could’ve achieved the same outcome by offering the carrot rather than the stick. But that’s not the Victorian way.

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