At the EIS stage, the plan was to leave a number of non-toll routes for motorists.
The proposed tunnel would attract vehicles from the main east-west CBD streets ... and from east-west routes away from the CBD. All of these routes would remain available for use by drivers that do not wish to pay a toll in the CCT. No special measures are proposed to compel drivers to use the CCT. However drivers wishing to avoid the CCT and still cross the CBD would be affected by necessary road changes at the CCT portals at each end, amenity improvements in the CBD, the extended T2 hours on William Street, and the closure of Druitt Street between Clarence and Kent Streets to general traffic.
Source: The Cross City Tunnel Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 4 Traffic and Transport, Technical Papers 8-9, page 86.
The non-toll routes included:
■ travelling eastbound via Bathurst, Elizabeth, Park and William Streets
■ travelling westbound via William, Park, Druitt, Clarence and Market Street to the Market Street viaduct of the Western Distributor
■ travelling northbound from William Street by right-turn lanes at Palmer and Riley Streets to SJYC. See Exhibit 4.6.