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NSW Government steals Western Sydney’s future with over-priced light rail

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EcoTransit Sydney – Media Release: NSW Government steals Western Sydney’s future with over-priced light rail (8 December 2015)

Ecotransit Sydney today welcomed the government building one quarter of the Parramatta light rail network. However the community is staggered by the massive cost of such a small start. With a massive initial estimate and so little detail, taxpayers are left concerned that this is yet another open ended honey pot for the construction industry.

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Unfinished Business – The Kyeemagh–Chullora Road Inquiry and the future of Sydney

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Video: Gavin Gatenby & David Kirby, QC, BA, LLB. on WestConnex & history repeating. The Fifth Estate: Unfinished Business – The Kyeemagh-Chullora Road Inquiry and the future of Sydney (2 July 2015) In the late 1970s in Sydney it was the South-West freeway, now the M5, that drew heavy opposition. Today it’s the WestConnex, but Read more about Unfinished Business – The Kyeemagh–Chullora Road Inquiry and the future of Sydney[…]

Saving Wolli Creek trailer

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The Wolli Creek Valley is inner south-west Sydney’s environmental gem but might have been an 8-lane freeway. It was saved by Sydney’s longest conservation fight. For 40 years a struggle over Sydney’s future has been fought out here, a struggle that isn’t yet over. It’s been a battle between freeways and public transport; between open Read more about Saving Wolli Creek trailer[…]

Save Wolli Bushland! Stop WestCONnex!

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A pop-up demonstration against the Baird Government’s controversial WestConnex motorway proposal organised by the Wolli Creek Preservation Society and held on Saturday 14 March 2015 beginning at 3.30pm. The location was on Bexley Road, Bexley North, at the M5 onramp, one of many local actions against WestConnex currently proceeding in Sydney. Around 100 Preservation Society Read more about Save Wolli Bushland! Stop WestCONnex![…]

Does the new Inner West Light Rail deliver the best for users?

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LightRail2702 ABC Sydney: Does the new Inner West Light Rail deliver the best for users? By Matthew Bevan (27 March, 2014)

Some elements of the Inner West Light Rail Extension may leave a little to be desired, according to a transport expert. Continue reading “Does the new Inner West Light Rail deliver the best for users?” »

Two more tracks: How to boost Sydney’s commuter rail capacity

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Sydneysiders are trying to get out of their cars and onto public transport but the city’s most important public transport system is at capacity. Two additional tracks across the Harbour Bridge and under the CBD will boost capacity by 50 per cent. The cheapest, quickest, simplest solution is to restore the two rail tracks that were Read more about Two more tracks: How to boost Sydney’s commuter rail capacity[…]