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Sydney Harbour Tunnel
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Video Cast

Mr Liam Bathgate,

Public Affairs Manager,
Sydney Harbour Tunnel
Transfield-Kumagai Joint Venture.

These are the people who are responsible for designing, financing and constructing the Tunnel.

Emeritus Professor Ross Blunden,

foundation Professor of Traffic Engineering,
University of New South Wales.

Ms Jenny Corner,

spokesperson for Save Our Sydney,
North Shore resident.

Save Our Sydney no longer exists but it was formed to oppose the Tunnel.

Mr Jim Donovan,

Action for Public Transport,
University of Sydney.

Action for Public Transport is opposed to the Tunnel.

Mr Alan Finlay,

Manager Transport Policy,
NRMA (NSW Roads and Motorists Association).

The NRMA lobbies government for increased funding for roads and supports the Tunnel.

Dr John Gerofi,

Enersol Consulting Engineers,
Engineering consultant.

Dr Gerofi conducted the North Sydney Municipal Council Inquiry on behalf of the Council.

Professor David Hensher,

Director, Research Centre,
Graduate School of Management and Public Policy,
University of Sydney.

Professor Hensher is an expert in transport economics

Dr Alan Jones,

Research Scientist,
Head of Division of Environmental Science,
The Australian Museum.

Dr Jones is an expert on marine ecology.

Mr Bruce Judd,

Manager, Tunnel Project, Harbour Tunnel Group,
Dept of Main Roads, DMR (the DMR is now the Roads and Traffic Authority, RTA).

The DMR supported the Tunnel.

Ms Alison Lloyd,

North Shore resident.

Ms Lloyd is opposed to the Tunnel.

Mr Ted Mack,

MP for North Sydney,
then Mayor of North Sydney.

Mr Mack is opposed to the Tunnel and his Council ran a public inquiry into the Tunnel.

Ms Caron Morrison,

spokesperson for the Coalition for Urban Transport Sanity (CUTS).

is opposed to the Tunnel.

Mr Alf Neilson,

Director,
Wargon Chapman Partners,

Wargon Chapman are engineering consultants to Transfield-Kumagai Joint Venture.

Mr Richard Smyth,

Richard Smyth Planning Consultants

Mr Smyth was Director of the Department of Environment and Planning at the time.

Professor John Toon,

Department of Urban & Regional Planning,
University of Sydney.

Professor Toon is an expert in planning and environmental law.

Dr Dennis Zines,

Principal, Manager, Environmental Projects,
Sinclair Knight & Partners (EIS consultants).

Sinclair Knight & Partners were not consultants to the Tunnel but the actual EIS consultants declined to appear in the video.

 

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