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Samantha Lock

Problem-plagued toll road opens after decade of delays

The government hopes Victoria's West Gate Tunnel will be a "game-changer" for commuters. (Con Chronis/AAP PHOTOS)

A major new toll road intended to ease traffic in Australia's second-largest city has finally opened, a decade after the project was first announced.

Victoria's West Gate Tunnel, an alternative route to Melbourne's west, opened to the public on Sunday morning with the long-awaited toll road heralded to be a "game-changer" for commuters.

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