Freight terminal spending ‘short-changes’ Victoria, state government says
by Adeshola Ore from World news | The Guardian on (#5XJPV)
Transport infrastructure minister Jacinta Allan says two-thirds of $3.3bn in spending already promised
Victoria's transport infrastructure minister, Jacinta Allan, has accused the Morrison government of short-changing the state on infrastructure ahead of a multi-billion package for freight terminals being detailed in Tuesday's federal budget.
Allan also urged the federal government to justify why it was prioritising a freight terminal in Melbourne's north - at odds with the Andrews government's location preference - as part of a $3.1bn injection for Melbourne's intermodal terminal scheme.
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