East West business case to stay secret VICTORIAN Premier Denis Napthine has refused to rule out reports that the full business case for the controversial East West Link will never be publicly released. Treasurer Michael O'Brien confirmed that the business case for the $8 billion tollway to link the Eastern Freeway and CityLink, will never be made public, citing commercial sensitivity, Fairfax newspapers reported on Sunday. When Dr Napthine was questioned about this on Sunday he cited the competitive tendering process as the reason the full report would not be released. But he also would not commit to releasing this report once it was finalised. "There will be further information released as time goes by but we can't release information that is going to jeopardise the expression of interest process that's going on at the moment, because we want to get the best value for taxpayers' money through this competitive tendering process," Dr Napthine told journalists on Sunday. He said the executive summary was available for people to read now and Infrastructure Australia had the full business case. When asked whether it would be released once contracts were signed, Dr Napthine said: "We will examine the information as it becomes available to see what further information can be released." The Victorian government will sign contracts for the state's biggest road project just eight weeks before the November 2014 state election.