"The companies have been on notice for months, before they signed the dodgy contracts, and the public at the election sent a strong message they wanted money used for public transport instead," Greens Melbourne MP Ellen Sandell said. "We will use our power in both houses to push for public transport, not toll roads."

Negotiations between the state government and East West Connect are continuing over the scrapping of the project.

Before the state election, Mr Andrews said there would be no compensation for the consortium and the contract was "not worth the paper it was written on". He said, however, that there could be "modest" payments to cover some of the costs incurred by the consortium.

"I will not break the commitments I made before November 29. We are not building this project, it is a dud project," he said on Tuesday.

The Premier, speaking in Marysville, moved to turn the pressure back on the Coalition for "irresponsibly" signing the contracts weeks before the election, saying the project was "rorted".