Another election year leads to another Victorian debate about the East West Link proposal

Analysis: Like clockwork, an announcement is made to revive the zombie' toll road project

Almost seven years after Victoria's Labor government scrapped a billion-dollar contract to construct the East West Link, the project - once dubbed a zombie" by the state's treasurer - refuses to die.

The federal Coalition has previously pushed the case for the project. But this time, it was the state opposition reviving it by announcing it would build the underground tunnel to connect Melbourne's Eastern Freeway to CityLink if was elected at the November election.