Business drives congestion!

Dear Editor

Mr John Alexander, MHR for Bennelong, has nominated reduction of traffic congestion through tax incentives as one of his top five achievements (NDT 10 July 2013) since taking office in 2010.

However, if anything, traffic congestion has increased since the previous Federal election so we will need to know exactly what has been achieved on his watch.

The nub of the matter is that business itself drives congestion. Business thrives on consumer critical mass therefore employees are forced to travel along already congested routes to and from work. Hence congestion keeps feeding upon itself and all transport planning can do is try vainly to catch up.

We need to hear more about these tax incentives that our sitting member and his rival candidates propose.

It is inevitable that congestion taxes must come to greater Sydney with corresponding tax deductions for business to flourish in regional areas outside the metropolitan area.

The people of Bennelong need breathing space and some one who will stand up for us against this disease of urban over-development and those who profit from it.

Yours faithfully,