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24.01.2022 We are getting recognised.. Similar names...
23.01.2022 Could all our members please sign. This is just the start of our campaign. Tye more that sign the better.
23.01.2022 National nightmare commute day to shine a light on Whittlesea and Hume's traffic woes Northern Star Weekly 2 April 2019 Laura Michell... Whittlesea and Hume residents are being encouraged to share their travel woes on social media for National Nightmare Commute Day this Thursday. The nationwide social media event gives a voice to people living in fast-growing outer suburbs who are fed up with the hours wasted every day travelling to work or study. The day is organised by the National Growth Areas Alliance as part of its Catch Up campaign and is designed to generate more federal funding for roads and public transport. People can share the details of their commutes including traffic delays, train cancellations and road works on social media with #nightmarecommute. Whittlesea residents are also being encouraged to use #whittleseacommute. Whittlesea mayor Lawrie Cox, who will join a Wollert resident on his commute to the CBD on Thursday, said residents were spending too much time trying to get to work or study each day. Our federal politicians need to pay attention to the impact that poor infrastructure has on the lives of thousands of our residents, he said. As our city continues to grow, congestion will get worse. We need a much bigger financial investment from the federal government to improve our roads. Hume mayor Carly Moore said some Hume residents spent the equivalent of 28 days a year stuck in traffic. Too many of us have to travel up to two hours each way just to get to work, she said. On average, we are wasting up to a whole month every year sitting in traffic instead of spending time with our family and friends. The current frequency and choice of public transport options in some suburbs in Hume means that this is not a reliable commuting option in many circumstances. In other Hume suburbs, residents are still waiting on a public transport option where they live. Reference
22.01.2022 After a lot of hard work from a lot of people this will be our new logo.
22.01.2022 I feel an election coming on
22.01.2022 Good morning everyone. Just seen the wirks to remove the roundabout are to start 17 Nov and will finish mid 2018. It is a start now we need to keep fighting for more
20.01.2022 Today's photo shoot.
19.01.2022 A big step in the right direction. When the study is done please support the rail line being done https://www.andrewgiles.com.au//labor-will-fund-wollert-r/
19.01.2022 Epping Road design is miw realeased. Have your say.
19.01.2022 Finally O'Herns interchange is getting done.
17.01.2022 Great news. But we need to keep up the pressure so it is done sooner than lster.
17.01.2022 This is to help launch our campaign and to highlight our needs. Plus have some fun doing it. So come join us
16.01.2022 Well this will help but still need the line to Wollert.
16.01.2022 Here is some information
16.01.2022 It has been awhile. But nice to see stage 2 finally starting.
16.01.2022 Couldn't agree more
14.01.2022 Another step closer. Please sign the petition to get this and other orojects sooner.
13.01.2022 With the Federal election underway ask each candidate what their position is on the O'Herns Road interchange and how they will help speed it up
13.01.2022 It gas bern awhile. There are pistcards now out fir people to sign
12.01.2022 The extra trains are going to be needed. But building the Wollert train line would be even better for the long suffering passengers of the north.
12.01.2022 Coming along nicely
10.01.2022 Help get this dokne
09.01.2022 We need this study done quicker than within 5 years http://www.starweekly.com.au//call-to-fast-t/pub/northern/
08.01.2022 Traffic time battle for Epping North residents North Central Review 30 April 2019... EPPING resident Priyam Shah spends 15 hours a week sitting in traffic congestion.He is one of many City of Whittlesea residents losing out on family time, social activities and the chance to exercise due to long commutes to and from work and City of Whittlesea are petitioning for this to change. City of Whittlesea Mayor Lawrie Cox is calling for support from the Federal Government to help make the Wollert train line a reality. Mayor Lawrie Cox said the population was expected to increase in these growing communities by approximately 60,000 by 2041, therefore a train line extension to Wollert within the next 10 years was vital. The Federal Government needs to contribute funds towards acquiring the final 14 per cent of land required for the rail and fund a feasibility study into how Wollert Rail fits with other planned rail projects, Cr Cox said. Mr Shah lives 23 kilometres from the city, but it takes him 90 minutes one way to arrive at work. The Epping resident said he had to leave his home by 7.30am to spend 25 minutes in traffic to drive to Epping Station, the train then took 45 minutes, followed by a 10-minute walk to work. The biggest issue is you have to leave home so early and by the time you return home at 7pm or 7.30pm, it cuts into all your personal time you cant go to the gym, focus on your health, and I dont get enough time with the family, Mr Shah said. Ive seen a lot of families leave the area because its too inconvenient to get to work they move to the south-eastern suburbs or to the west where the government is spending more money on the roads. There are employment issues in our area because its so difficult to get to the city then there are social issues as well due to spending less time with families. Mr Shah committed a morning last month to demonstrate his frustration by joining the National Nightmare Commute Day social media campaign. The campaign involved Mr Shah hopping on a bus to commute to the city with Cr Cox, Member for Thomastown Bronwyn Halfpenny and journalists to share on social media the frustration that many other residents feel from sitting in heavy traffic. The commute day was an ideal day to show how bad traffic congestions is. It coincided with trains not running because of the work thats going on, he said. It took two hours and 20mins to get to the city. The politicians all accepted the fact that change has to happen. Mr Shah said it would be ideal if an express train line could be implemented, which would cut time on the train from 45 minutes to 20 minutes. A short-term goal should be to implement an express line, a medium-term plan would be for the arterial roads in Epping to be improved and the long-term goal should be to build a train station in Wollert, Mr Shah said. We need the Federal Government to make the Wollert Rail a priority so that it can be delivered before the population boom, not play catch up, Cr Cox said. Reference
07.01.2022 Hope it is good news. The more people getting behind our campaign results we want can happen.
07.01.2022 We are making news. We still need people to sign our petition. Keep spreading the word.
07.01.2022 Well people we are at nearly 363 signatures can you keep sharing and getting those you know to sign. We have 379 likes on the page. So almost everyone has signed. Can we get more? I am sure we can. We are doing well but we would still like more. https://www.change.org/p/hon-jacinta-allan-minister-for-pub
05.01.2022 Excitement, Elation, Exhilaration, Enjoyment The feeling that #GetEppingMoving team are experiencing after the news announcement of state government plans to buy the balance piece of land to secure the rail corridor to Epping North & Wollert. https://goo.gl/EAGv99 Train line to Wollert is one of the four priorities of Get Epping Moving. Tony Francis has spearheaded this priority on our behalf. Thank you Tony! Whilst Tony and us cannot take full credit for the success, all e...fforts help. We urge you all to join us and be part of a major advocacy campaign for improved transport in the area. Less time spent on roads means more time for family, friends and self.
05.01.2022 National Nightmare Commute Day: Going nowhere fast on High Street Northern Star Weekly 9 April 2019 Laura Michell... Star Weekly joined Whittlesea council as it attempted to drive a bus from Wollert to Melbournes CBD last week for National Nightmare Commute Day. Heres what happened. The 24-kilometre journey from Wollert to Melbournes CBD, via High Street and St Georges Road, should take 55 minutes. But the daily reality for Whittlesea residents driving into the city for work is that the trip takes significantly longer. Whittlesea council organised a mini bus to drive from Epping Road, Wollert, to the corner of Exhibition and Lonsdale streets last Thursday to mark National Nightmare Commute Day. Organised by the National Growth Areas Alliance, the day aims to highlight the travel woes of people living in outer suburbs. On board the bus was mayor Lawrie Cox, residents Priyam Shah and Chirayu Shah, Wollert train advocate Tony Francis, Thomastown MP Bronwyn Halfpenny, Northern Metropolitan MP Fiona Patten, and Keith and Lee from television show Gogglebox. Our mission was to leave Wollert at 7am and to get Priyam and Chirayu to work in the CBD by 9am and we failed. We arrived in the city shortly before 9.25am. We first hit traffic on High Street as we approached Lalor station where the carpark was only half full because buses were replacing trains on the Mernda line between Epping and Thornbury because of level crossing removal works at Reservoir. It was a crawl from Lalor station, taking 20 minutes to travel one kilometre. One rail replacement bus we passed at Thomastown station was standing room only, at just its third stop. By 9am we were only half-way through our journey and Lee noticed school children were walking along High Street faster than we were moving. We found ourselves in bumper-to-bumper traffic again from Ruthven to Reservoir stations as motorists navigated the level crossing removal works. Priyam and Chirayu usually drive from their homes to Lalor station, where they catch the train to work. Chirayu said the journey takes about 90 minutes on a good day. Train cancellations and delays can cause the journey to blow out to two hours. Whittlesea council wants upgrades to arterial road across the city fast tracked, and for the E6 Freeway to be built sooner rather than later to alleviate traffic on surrounding roads. It is also advocating for a rail extension to Wollert. The extension of Edgars Road and the second stage of the OHerns Road upgrade and Hume Freeway interchange work is also a priority but is being held up by federal government delays in approving an environmental assessment. Reference
03.01.2022 Very happy to hear this. But we must stress we want a train line and nothing else will do
01.01.2022 Epping North Transport and Wollert Rail Aurora Community Association Website 6 May 2019 Tony Francis... This post links to a PDF file which presents in a more readable format a case for improved Epping North transport and for building an extended rail line to Epping North and Wollert. The file started life in 2011 as a submission on outer suburban infrastructure that went to the Outer Suburban/Interface Services and Development Committee which comprised five members of State Parliament. The original ACA submission is of significant historical interest and shows a level of intense community effort and support for transport campaigning. This is an attempt to counter an occasional impression of those in government that local residents have never been much interested in local transport problems. Much time has elapsed since this submission was produced and some of the contents are outdated or less relevant. I have therefore updated some of this submission. Problems have arisen from referencing websites which appear in the footnotes. A number of referenced articles have changed websites. Some websites have disappeared together with their articles. Attempts have been made to deal with this. Some paragraphs in the submission highlight transport issues which have been dealt with; consequently these paragraphs have been omitted. The updated submission may be found here. The original version is located here.
01.01.2022 Also on another front there will be more stuff coming soon to help push our campaign further.
