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Plan to ‘abandon’ nearly built motorway in Sydney’s south secretly explored
Confidential documents reveal abandoning the $3.2 billion underground motorway project has been canvassed in a secret scoping study and other reports.
- Matt O'Sullivan
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Launch date looms for mega tunnelling machines’ descent under Sydney Harbour
Their 1.5-kilometre deep-dive journey relies heavily on what is described as the lungs of the multibillion-dollar project.
- Matt O'Sullivan
Latest twist in sinkhole dispute risks further delays to new Sydney motorway
The dispute between contractors and the government over the underground motorway in the city’s south puts the 2028 opening date in jeopardy.
- Matt O'Sullivan
Boost to frequency of Sydney’s metro train services as fuel crisis bites
The changes will increase the frequency of services during parts of the weekday peaks, as well as weekends.
- Matt O'Sullivan
Why free public transport won’t come to Sydney any time soon
The premier is resisting offering free fares as experts warn those hardest hit by fuel prices in regional areas would end up subsidising wealthier people.
- Matt O'Sullivan
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This $3.1b Sydney road has been delayed by years. Now there’s an ultimatum
Contractors building the M6 motorway have been in a stand-off with the NSW government over who bears the cost of fixing sinkholes that opened up two years ago.
- Matt O'Sullivan
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Secret plans for staged shake-up of Sydney motorway tolls revealed
As part of “Project Charlotte”, confidential documents show the state government plans to split a shake-up of pricing for Sydney’s toll roads into two stages.
- Matt O'Sullivan
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‘Blatantly improper’: Minister under fire over toll reform by electorate
A trove of emails reveals John Graham’s office demanded bureaucrats model the effect of a toll shake-up on Sydney’s motorways across state seats.
- Matt O'Sullivan
World’s ‘largest’ underground assembly of tunnelling machines happening beneath Sydney
Contractors cannot afford to get the sequence wrong as they truck large pieces of equipment through tunnels to two large caverns beneath the city’s inner west.
- Matt O'Sullivan
Inside the transport mega-projects that have reshaped Sydney’s future
The sheer scale of the build over the past decade has well exceeded expectations. But the next 10 years are likely to disappoint.
- Matt O'Sullivan