EconSearch Completed Project

Project: Economic Assessment of Melbourne East-West Link Options (2008)

Client: East West Transport link

Collaborator: Meyrick & Associates and SDG

Summary: The economic analysis of potential solutions was constructed around three main work streams (EconSearch undertook part 2 of the analysis):

  1. A cost benefit analysis (CBA), focusing on the direct impact of the proposed interventions;
  2. A quantitative assessment of the indirect or flow-on effects of the project using Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling; and
  3. An assessment of the economy-wide benefits that flow from improving the functioning of the transport sector – referred to as the Wider Economic Benefits.