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#BuildMM2

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Melbourne can have a better train network with Melbourne Metro 2 (MM2)

Tell our politicans it's time to #BuildMM2.

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Premier Daniel Andrews
Minister for Transport Infrastructure Jacinta Allan
Minister for Public Transport Ben Carroll
Sitting MPs on the route path:
- Lily D’Ambrosio (Mill Park)
- Robin Scott (Preston)
- Kat Theophanous (Northcote)
- Richard Wynne (Richmond)
- Martin Foley (Albert Park)
- Melissa Horne (Williamstown)
- Jill Hennessy (Altona)
- Tim Pallas (Werribee)

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Dear Premier Dan Andrews, Minister for Transport Infrastructure Jacinta Allan, and Members of Parliament Lily D’Ambrosio, Robin Scott, Kat Theophanous, Richard Wynne, Martin Foley, Ben Carroll, Jill Hennessy and Tim Pallas,

Every week I used to sit in my car in traffic or squeeze onto over crowded trains to get around Melbourne.

The COVID -19 pandemic has made clear the need for public transport that reduces both crowding and the number of connections people need to make in order to become a robust, resilient and accessible city of the future.

Post COVID-19 lock down, car use is growing much faster than that of public transport, an ominous sign for future congestion, pollution, prosperity, community health and inclusion.

With the exception of the highly successful Regional Rail Link and a handful of line extensions, almost no new rail has been built in Victoria for the past 50 years.

However freeway after freeway has been, leading to more and more people driving.

It's so exciting that your government is getting on with building Melbourne Metro 1 (MM1) and the Suburban Rail Loop. Social distancing rules make this MM1, and the next stage, Melbourne Metro 2 (MM2)  even more important.

Will you commit to planning MM2?

It took a decade of growing support and planning to get the first Metro tunnel built, which is too long to wait for a second rail tunnel. MM1 will open to high demand from our growing city, and we urgently need to get moving with MM2.

MM2 will create a cross-town service from Wyndham Vale in the south-west to Mernda in the north-east, transforming the city, especially for people in the north and west, Melbourne’s fastest growing regions.

MM2 will enhance access to jobs and educational opportunities; and by reducing the need for connections, will mitigate disease spread throughout the community.

It will enable my neighbours and me to travel throughout Melbourne faster, in comfort, without having to sit in traffic, negotiate traffic or look for costly parking. Along with MM1, it will make Melbourne a liveable city that caters for people, not just cars.

MM2, a project with its numerous long term community and economic benefits would create about 16,000 direct jobs, jobs which are imperative to a strong COVID -19 economic recovery.

Will you commit to finishing off the business plan in 2021 and publicly confirm that MM2 will be the next major project, adjacent to the Suburban Rail Loop to ensure pipeline of jobs, with appropriate coordination of jobs and resources, for Victorians?

Let's use this opportunity to make Victoria more liveable and accessible for everyone. Please finish what you started and keep improving our public transport network.

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