Report, which also recommends linking Sydney to Wollongong and ranks Canberra route as a lower priority, cost taxpayers $390,000
The Guardian has spent two years attempting to obtain the strategy under the NSW government’s freedom of information laws and is now awaiting a decision of the NSW civil administrative tribunal.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup The few documents that have been released to the Guardian by the Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade reveal McNaughton’s approach to evaluating light rail. A 60-minute journey allowed “practical commuting” and created a common pool of skilled people and a merged technology market.
The panel agreed that they needed to take account of the NSW settlement strategy, which talks about the three metropolises of Sydney as part of the thinking on the train network. Tunnelling will be required for all options except perhaps the western line, which is likely to make the project very expensive.
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