This is a guest post by Cameron Leckie of ASPO Australia. The post is a copy of a letter which has been sent to the Australian Investments and Security Commission. The media discussion on the BrisConnections fiasco has not as yet covered the traffic forecast for the project. This will no doubt change as events unfold.

The current situation that has arisen with BrisConnections and the Airport Link project should never have occurred. If the projects proponents and BrisConnection’s had conducted an Oil Vulnerability Assessment, this project, at least in its current form, would never have been commenced. That in turn would have meant that investors did not lose significant amounts of money, or be in the situation where they could lose their homes and/or become bankrupt. There also would have been no requirement for the current round of legal cases.

This letter will explain why Oil Vulnerability Assessments should be mandatory for all transportation and related investments.