Shaun Leane Member for Eastern Metropolitan, shared news that $4 million has been committed to install a concrete shared use path on the south side of Burwood Hwy between EastLink and Morack Rd including a new bridge over Dandenong Creek. Cycling along Burwood Highway will now be safer and easier It's a project the ETC [...]
Did you see Councillor Bennett at Blackburn Station yesterday? We're campaigning for a better Belgrave & Lilydale line and we want you to come on board! These lines have some of the worst figures on late peak services and the highest number of overcrowded services on the entire train network - the ETC is asking [...]
Today you can see ETC's Chair Councillor Stuart James (City of Monash) and Deputy Chair Councillor Michael Macdonald (Maroondah City Council) in the paper talking about our Fix The Belgrave and Lilydale lines campaign. Read the article here Our Councillors will over the next few weeks hand out flyers at train stations backing our calls [...]
...Did you know that the Belgrave and Lilydale lines are some of the worst performing in Melbourne? Today one of our Councillors Cr Bill Bennett from Whitehorse campaigned at Box Hill to encourage commuters to join our campaign for more investment on the Belgrave and Lilydale lines. If you want a better commute in Melbourne's [...]
Constructing the Rowville Rail has been voted the top priority out of more than 140 transport projects in an RACV study. We're not surprised! The Rowville Rail line is one of the ETC's key priorities for the east, it's time for decision makers to put this project on their agenda! #springst #Commuterscount Read the article [...]
City of Whitehorse hosted Council's first Active Transport Forum yesterday, an initiative aimed at making cycling and walking easier for residents in the region. One of our ETC representatives, Cr Bill Bennett, briefed attendees on the Eastern Transport Coalition's priority asks for cycling and walking. Cycling and walking are key modes of both transport and [...]
Last Thursday's ETC meeting saw the ETC elect a new Chair for 2018, Cr Stuart James from the City of Monash. For the latest updates on Cr James, follow his Facebook and Twitter. We thank Cr Peter Lockwood, Knox City Council, for his work as the Chair for ETC in 2017 and look forward to [...]
The ETC welcomes the Government's announcement of a construction blitz that will replace decades-old signalling on our train network, something we have advocated for over the past year! This will ensure safer, more reliable services for passengers in the east. #springst #commuterscount Make sure that you check the PTV website for updates as buses will [...]
In this week's Monash Leader you can read about the Deputy Mayor of Monash and ETC representative Councillor Stuart James call for the completion of the Westall Road extension. See Cr James explain the project here and read this week's article:
The Eastern Transport Coalition is inviting candidates in this month’s State Election to catch a bus and find out first-hand the issues commuters face on a daily basis. ETC Chairperson, Cr Peter Lockwood said recent consultation with users through the Better Buses Survey found that the two most important issues were frequency and span of [...]
