$3 billion for game-changing Sydney-Parramatta Metro West project
27 June 2018
NSW Government:
The NSW Government is pushing ahead with the
Western Metro, reserving an initial $3 billion for the game changing
project and investing $28 million in NSW Budget 2018 to accelerate the
completion of the final
business case to get on with the next stage.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said that this project would be a legacy for
generations of
Sydney commuters.
“Sydney Metro West will be our city’s next big underground metro railway
– a new, easy link between Sydney CBD and Parramatta – and we’re getting
on with the job as quickly as possible,” Ms Berejiklian said.
The funding will allow
Sydney Metro to start:
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Designing new metro railway stations and precincts to get the best outcomes for customers and communities;
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The planning approvals process, continuing the community and industry consultation that has been taking place.
Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said
that Sydney Metro West will be a landmark project and that the funding
was a step towards this new link between the Sydney CBD and
Parramatta.
“The Sydney CBD and Parramatta are two great economies and reserving
this funding means we are bringing forward the work, subject to an
accelerated business case, to better connect these two cities.” Mr
Perrottet said.
“Labor could never deliver Sydney Metro West because the foundation of
infrastructure projects is a healthy budget.
“This Government is making this project a reality, unlike Labor who
previously promised to build a West Metro, before cancelling it without
delivering a single track or
tunnel. In fact Labor were so incompetent
they had to return $81 million for West Metro to the Commonwealth. Only
this Liberals & Nationals Government has the record of actually
following through and
building the projects, like the Metro, that we commit to.”
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Andrew Constance confirmed
that Sydney Metro West will link the Sydney CBD with Parramatta and
Westmead via
The Bays Precinct and
Sydney Olympic Park, and that work
was underway to determine other stations along the route.
“This massive investment in Sydney’s future will make it faster and
easier to get around our great global city,” Mr Constance said.
“This project will redefine how we get around Sydney and will double
rail capacity between the two city centres, a true city-shaping
infrastructure investment that will serve generations to come.
“We have already begun the work to determine the best underground route
between the Sydney CBD and Greater Parramatta with a program of
geotechnical drilling, which will continue.”
The most recent round of community consultation saw 1,200 people give
their feedback on the project, with further opportunities for
consultation later this year.
Subject to the final business case the NSW Government intends to start
construction on Sydney Metro West in the next term of Government.
Underscoring the Government’s record on delivering Metro projects, the
first stage of Sydney Metro will be opening in the first half of next
year with the Sydney Metro North West project from Rouse Hill to
Chatswood.
Construction is also already underway to extend the Metro into the
Sydney CBD and beyond to Bankstown, to open in 2024 – when Sydney will
have 31 metro stations and a new 66-kilometre metro railway system.
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