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Meeting on Public Transport - the Rowville Rail Link

IS THE ROWVILLE RAIL-LINK POSSIBLE IN OUR LIFETIME?

Linking the CBD, Monash University and Stud Park, rail to Rowville has long been acknowledged as the missing link of Melbourne’s train network and now is the time to commit to its expansion and provide for the removal of 2400 cars an hour off local roads.
The Rowville rail ine would also service Monash University which has over 23,000 students and a scientific precinct that includes Australia’s first synchrotron.
The City of Monash alone accounts for 6% of all metropolitan jobs within Melbourne, with the majority of employees living in neighbouring municipalities such as Knox.
As a prominent industrial hub (contributing 40% of Melbourne's manufacturing base) it is imperative that Melbourne's eastern and south eastern suburbs are provided with an efficient and readily available public transport system to reduce overall traffic congestion.

Find out moreon MONDAY 4ND AUGUST 2008
7.30-9.00 pm, Notting Hill Neighbourhood House,
37 Westerfield Drive, Notting Hill.

Mick Van De Vreede
Knox City Councillor and
Chairman of the Eastern Transport Coalition will speak on
‘How public pressure can achieve the rail link to Rowville’
And John Shrives of the Brandon Park Residents’ Group will lead a discussion of how to work for better livability in the City of Monash during the council elections in November 2008

For more information on public transport needs check out the
Link Eastern Transport Coalition

The Eastern Transport Coalition (ETC) consists of Melbourne’s seven eastern Metropolitan Councils and represents approximately one million residents.
The ETC advocates for sustainable and integrated transport services to reduce the level of car dependency to secure the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of the Melbourne’s outer east and aims to work in partnership with Federal and State Government’s to ensure the future sustainability of Eastern Melbourne