Source: Anon. 1990. "Tunnel solution to city traffic jams". The Daily Mirror, October 5: 17.
This is the second entry in our first Visions of Sydney series. In 1990, Deputy Lord Mayor Ross Bonthorne, proposed a network of underground road tunnels running through the Sydney CBD to address traffic congestion at street level.
The network proposed four tunnels. Motorists could use the tunnels to access carparks or delivery zones.
One tunnel would run under Park Street. This became reality through the Cross City Tunnel, completed in 2005. However the Cross City Tunnel was a designated motorway to provide a bypass underneath the Sydney CBD to connect the eastern and western suburbs of the city.
The second tunnel would run underneath Goulburn Street to serve the southern CBD.
The third road tunnel was to run east-west near Martin Place and would connect with the Cahill Expressway. Three possible routes were proposed.
The fourth tunnel running underneath Pitt Street would connect the three east-west tunnels.
Next week, we will continue with the next entry in the series.
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