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April 22nd, 2013 
VICTORIA needs about $32 billion to fix up its congestion and road safety problems, the state’s peak road user body says.
The RACV is calling for the funding over the next 10 years, in the lead-up to this year’s federal election.
Launching the Victorian demands as part of a national demand better roads campaign, RACV general manager Brian Negus said successive governments had dropped the ball on road funding.
“Australians are simply fed up … with the congestion in our cities and also the lack of safety on our regional highway systems,” he said in Melbourne on Monday.
The Demand Better Roads campaign calls for funding of Melbourne’s East-West Link and the Melbourne Metro rail tunnel in the city’s inner suburbs.
The coalition has already pledged $1.5 billion to the East-West Link but has ruled out spending on rail projects.
The federal government has signalled support for the Melbourne Metro rail tunnel, having committed funding to its planning works.
The campaign, led by the Australian Automobile Association representing peak state motoring lobby groups, is calling for a total of $100 billion over 10 years to be spent on road and public transport projects.
Mr Negus also called for reform of the road funding system, including more contributions by commercial and private sector users and an overhaul of fuel taxes.
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