Two drill rigs, installed on barges, have started work on the Hawkesbury River at Brooklyn and at Brisbane Water near Gosford
An artist’s impression of the east coast high-speed rail supplied by the transport minister, Catherine King. The Coalition has described the current level of work on the project as ‘a Utopia-like stunt’.An artist’s impression of the east coast high-speed rail supplied by the transport minister, Catherine King. The Coalition has described the current level of work on the project as ‘a Utopia-like stunt’.
rail experts to call for the government to start with an easier stretch along the Melbourne to Brisbane routeDespite geographical challenges along the corridor, strong commuter patronage on the existing rail service between Sydney and Newcastle, which takes about two-and-a-half hours to travel roughly 120km, and population growth predicted for the Central Coast region have led the government to earmark it as the first stage of high-speed rail.
“High-speed rail means generations of new opportunities for regional Australia, creating more jobs in more locations and giving people greater choices in where they live, work, study and play,” the transport minister, Catherine King, said., with an intermediate stop at Gosford on the Central Coast about half an hour from each.
However, it’s not yet clear if the latest attempt at high-speed rail will become reality. The Albanese government has committed $500m for the planning and corridor protection stages of the Sydney-Newcastle trunk, of which aboutEven if the government moves ahead after considering the business case, it could ultimately be axed by a change of government, after
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