The Problem
West Gate Tunnel: $5.5B → $15B ($9.5B wasted)
Melton Line: 16 years delayed ($750M wasted)
Auditor-General: 30% average cost overruns
Our Solution
Give Infrastructure Victoria binding authority on all projects over $100M
No development approvals over 1,000 dwellings without IV certification that infrastructure will be built within 2 years
Transparent 30-year pipeline with quarterly updates
Community consultation with teeth
Savings
Reduce overruns from 30% to 10%: $1.5 billion/year
Cancel marginal projects: $500 million/year
Total: $2 billion/year to redirect to housing, hospitals, transport