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We have Skyrail here in the Southeastern suburbs and that goes through many affluent suburbsI'm not GC based, but my understanding is they're pandering to those with misplaced concerns about the light rail being bad for businesses or increasing road congestion, instead of educating them on the facts. I'm doing an urban planning course at the moment, and they make clear there is no merit to such claims, and the opposition swiftly dwindles away once the line is actually operational. I don't hear any noises from Southport or Broadbeach about wanting to rip up the existing line.
The main melts from Coalition voters opposed to it was that it was an eyesore and that it would lower their property values, even though it has since gotten rid of some of the worst bottlenecks on Melbourne's roads.