Ms PATTEN (Northern Metropolitan) — My question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, represented in this house by the Minister for Agriculture. Media reports this week suggest that a second expert hired by the government to review its proposed congestion-busting West Gate tunnel, Mr John Allard, was critical of the road’s claimed traffic levels as modelled by Veitch Lister Consulting. Can the minister explain why the government rejected Mr Allard’s conclusions?
Ms PATTEN (Northern Metropolitan) — Thank you, Minister. Having rejected Mr Allard’s conclusions, did the government engage a further independent expert to review the modelling, and if so, why?
