An initial decision has been made to build the Hume Freeway through the centre of Albury. The majority of voters in the Albury City Council poll in December 1997 voted against building the internal freeway and are now mobilising to stop the internal freeway. However, they don't want to stop progress, but instead want a better long term solution for Albury in the form of an external freeway, second river crossing and internal road improvements. The people who voted for the internal route had valid reasons based on the information they had at that time. We believe that they have been misled and let down by our politicians who are implying opponents of the internal freeway are against progress.
Nothing is further from the truth.
We want a second river crossing and internal traffic and transport improvements that will be long term and sustainable. We need the second river crossing otherwise the development of Albury-Wodonga will suffer. We agree that a second river crossing is or will be necessary and think this should proceed regardless of the route of the freeway. The railway already divides Albury, so the internal freeway will not affect things any more. The freeway will require sound barriers many metres high along much of the route.