Archive for November, 2004

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Eastern Region Integrated Transport Group (ERITG)

Published by Alex Makin on Wednesday 24th of November, 2004

Tonight I presented to the Eastern Region Integrated Transport Group (ERITG) with the dual aims of identifying potential avenues of cooperation and demonstrating specific action that the group could utilise.

ERITG is a group of eight outer eastern councils that provide a regional approach for council initiated advocacy for greater public transport. The councils involved include:

The Shire of Yarra Ranges
The City of Manningham
The City of Maroondah
The City of Knox
The City of Whitehorse
The City of Monash
The City of Greater Dandenong
The City of Casey

While the group has had a slow start it does appear that there is a genuine commitment by a to ensure a coordinated lobbying effort.

Potential action for resident based and council supported advocacy was discussed, including the possibility of establishing public meetings in Manningham (Doncaster) and Greater Dandenong and Casey (Dandenong or Narre Warren).

It is clear that the state government is reneging on its promise to deliver a comprehensive public transport network in the outer east. It is up to residents, local councils and the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) to keep the state government ‘on track’.

The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) Outer East Branch will help achieve this objective and I look forward to further cooperation with the ERITG in 2005.