The Victorian government will stop work on its $10 billion Melbourne Airport Rail project amid a federal government review of infrastructure projects.
After weeks of speculation about the future of the Airport Rail project, the Victorian government confirmed on Wednesday that work will be paused “to ensure certainty for workers during this time, they may be temporarily redeployed to other big build sites” although fears of job losses remain high.
The official announcement comes two weeks after federal Infrastructure Minister Catherine King said the review “doesn’t include the Airport Rail ... the money will remain in the budget for that particular project.” Wednesday’s announcement and Mr Andrews comments last week make clear that total federal funding assigned to Victoria will remain the same, meaning that funding could potentially be switched to the $125 billion Suburban Rail Loop, which has been excluded from the federal review.
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