Melb/Victoia: Eastlink Opens: 29th June 08

[Evolution_Ends_Here]

Hey guys, i just saw on The news That The Eastlink finally opens June, 29th,2008 5 Months early , finally , the government have said the Eastlink will be free for a month, then the tolls start, ill just be happy when it opened with all the roadworks are done thats going for ages now, i probably will go on eastlink and i will have to get etag for mycar.

Thanks

video of the eastlink
YouTube - EastLink Freeway Sneak Peak Mitcham to Frankston Tollway

Info with costs
EastLink - Time Better Spent

[minux]

lol isn't there like 24 cash cameras on this road with about 14 varying speed changes?

Should be called "Cash Link" as far as I am concerned if they were all time lapsed with no variance in speeds it would be legit.

[stocky]

lol isn't there like 24 cash cameras on this road with about 14 varying speed changes?

Should be called "Cash Link" as far as I am concerned if they were all time lapsed with no variance in speeds it would be legit.

if its anything like citylink, the cars will never go fast enough for the cameras to pick up anything lol

[Grennan]

lol isn't there like 24 cash cameras on this road with about 14 varying speed changes?

Should be called "Cash Link" as far as I am concerned if they were all time lapsed with no variance in speeds it would be legit.

Yeah theres tons of cameras on it. The excuse was that because its a new road they want to slow people down untill they learn it.

[hsvpunk]

ummm im not sure whr u got 5 months early from... it was meant to be finished in mid june anyway... so opening early doesnt worry me one bit.

Minux, a guy my dad knows said that the toll cameras are already operating, and each time they drive on it, they got pinged for it.... funny isnt it... and in the first yr that it will be open, it will have payed for itself.

[AttaBoy]

isn't it 100km/h speed limit from one end to the other end??

[Cobez]

I have no need to go to Frankston or Ringwood, so i doubt i'll use it. I'll stick to the normal roads i usually take. Hopefully there will be less people on the roads i normally take now with this stupid thing opening up.

I'd love to watch the traffic jams on it the first few mornings it is open.

[Cobez]

isn't it 100km/h speed limit from one end to the other end??

I think it drops down to 80km/h in some spots.

[Grennan]

Yeah theres a couple of tunnels and what not around. It does drop to 80 in a number of spots im told. No doubt there will be a camera at every speed change.

[Cursed CX8]

JC Cruise? haha

[Grennan]

Stuff that.

Well atleast people have a choice of where to loose their licenses now.

Take the Geelong Speed Camera Tour, or the Eastlink Tour.

[Bravotwozero]

Stuff that.

Well atleast people have a choice of where to loose their licenses now.

Take the Geelong Speed Camera Tour, or the Eastlink Tour.

My record is 3 speeding fines on the Monash in a week. Can anybody top that!?!

[stocky]

My record is 3 speeding fines on the Monash in a week. Can anybody top that!?!

how the heck did you manage that with no fixed cameras on that road? just noticed the OP cant spell victoria

[Bravotwozero]

how the heck did you manage that with no fixed cameras on that road? just noticed the OP cant spell victoria

There are cameras in the tunnels. Trust me!!!

[Shounak]

What's the big deal here? Everyone knows there are tonnes of camera's and I agree that they're not there for safety, but revenue. So what?

If you don't want to get pinged, either don't speed or don't use Eastlink. You'll have much better changes of not getting done on the other roads that run alongside Eastlink, but I doubt you'll get there as fast.

I'm only going to use Eastlink when I'm in a rush and I'll definitely be sticking bang on the limit.

[Shounak]

ummm im not sure whr u got 5 months early from... it was meant to be finished in mid june anyway... so opening early doesnt worry me one bit.

Minux, a guy my dad knows said that the toll cameras are already operating, and each time they drive on it, they got pinged for it.... funny isnt it... and in the first yr that it will be open, it will have payed for itself.

Original scheduled finish was end of '08. Eastlink finished ahead of schedule and received a fair bit of cash for it too.

[Bravotwozero]

What's the big deal here? Everyone knows there are tonnes of camera's and I agree that they're not there for safety, but revenue. So what?

If you don't want to get pinged, either don't speed or don't use Eastlink. You'll have much better changes of not getting done on the other roads that run alongside Eastlink, but I doubt you'll get there as fast.

I'm only going to use Eastlink when I'm in a rush and I'll definitely be sticking bang on the limit.

I got them before it was widely known that there were cameras set up there.

64, 64 & 86. I'm such a menace to society.

[AttaBoy]

Whats the point of having a toll if the cameras going to be collecting money anyway.

[jules]

i'm not having a go at anyone over it, but i find it amazing people get stung by these fixed cameras. every time i drive down alexandra parade in melbourne, which has more cameras than when britney spears walks out of her hotel, i see at least one flash go off. if they spent that money on the road itself, they could make it out of gold.

when i drive down it, or any other stretch that has fixed cameras, i have one eye on the speedo and one foot on the brake and i will use it in an instant if the light changes. others just seem to do their own thing though - maybe they're rich?

[hsvpunk]

^^^^ fair call... u see a magna or camry on side of road up ahead... but ppl still belt past it...

June 08 was finishing time for the east link thingy.
As coby said, wont use it, jsut use the roads around it, coz then ya know whr ya going and whr to turn etc.

[Shounak]

^^^^ fair call... u see a magna or camry on side of road up ahead... but ppl still belt past it...

June 08 was finishing time for the east link thingy.
As coby said, wont use it, jsut use the roads around it, coz then ya know whr ya going and whr to turn etc.

It was the finishing time, but not the original scheduled finishing time. Eastlink was meant to be finished at the end of '08, not the start.

This estimate came from predicted typical weather conditions, but the lack of rain allowed them to complete the project much faster.

It has been completed ahead of schedule...

Thumbs down to Brumby taking the credit for it, unless he's somehow stopped the rains.

[Grennan]

There are cameras in the tunnels. Trust me!!!

Theres also a camera as your comming out of the tunnel where it is still 80 ks (Outbound). Im unsure whether or not its a speed camera or just a suveilance thing but theres a camera there nonetheless and everytime i go through there ive got no change of speeding anyway.

But yeah i agree with the point made by Attaboy i think it was. If theyve got so many cameras on the tollway why is it a tollway anyway? The cameras are going to easily pay for the project and then some within a year.

[Bravotwozero]

Theres also a camera as your comming out of the tunnel where it is still 80 ks (Outbound). Im unsure whether or not its a speed camera or just a suveilance thing but theres a camera there nonetheless and everytime i go through there ive got no change of speeding anyway.

But yeah i agree with the point made by Attaboy i think it was. If theyve got so many cameras on the tollway why is it a tollway anyway? The cameras are going to easily pay for the project and then some within a year.

But then they can make more.

Combine the cameras with the extra tax on grog and the 8% tax hike on luxury vehicles and labor will be able to give all the members a nice fat pay rise!!!