"Existing growth suburbs are public transport deprived and highly car dependent. The current serious and widespread backlog in the delivery of public transport infrastructure in growth areas will be compounded by the extension of the UGB."
Growth Corridor Councils Wyndham, Whittlesea, Casey and Hume provided presentations at the December MTF meeting and contributed material which has informed this latest submission.
Download the December 2011 Submission by Cr Jackie M Fristacky, Chair of the Metropolitan Transport Forum.
This submission can be studied in conjunction with two prior submissions (MTF submission Urban Growth Bounday Feb 2009 and MTF submission Urban Growth Boundary July 2009) to the Urban Growth Boundary extension which enlarge on the main issues.