00:00For seven years, Sean Moran has been unsure whether a proposed road would cut his farm
00:07in half.
00:09Now close to retirement, his future looks uncertain.
00:12We've been left hanging, not knowing an answer.
00:16I'd really like some answers, but you can't find anyone that will give you any answers.
00:21If it goes ahead, the government would likely acquire Sean's property, with the preferred
00:26option for the road splitting his farm, while also affecting neighbouring properties.
00:32We're in limbo, we're just sort of pedalling up and down at the moment.
00:36You can't renovate a home, you can't develop your property any further than what it is,
00:40you could be just throwing money down the drain.
00:43It's part of the proposed Ballarine Link, which would connect the surf coast highway
00:47with Port Arlington Road, completing the Geelong Ring Road.
00:52Over 600,000 people in Geelong by 2050, so key infrastructure projects like this that
00:59have been identified, had the business case developed, that we know need to happen, we
01:04need to see those now invested in.
01:07The Geelong Ring Road was completed in 2014, with the Ballarine Link extension expected
01:13to follow.
01:14At least $4 million was allocated back in 2017 to planning, community consultations
01:21and technical investigations.
01:24But in an email to a resident seen by the ABC, a Department of Transport official said
01:29there was now no project team working on the link, and the timeline was unclear.
01:35The government has labelled the Ballarine Link a long-term project.
01:40The project is meant to ease traffic congestion, keep trucks like these out of the city, and
01:45better connect the greater Geelong region, providing critical infrastructure for the
01:50nearly 140,000 new homes expected here by 2051.
01:55But some doubt it will ever go ahead.
01:58This government have no intention of building this critical piece of infrastructure.
02:03It is a disgrace.
02:04It's a road and a community left up in the air.
