$34.5bn railway – labelled the biggest public transport project in state’s history – set to feature heavily in election campaign
The suburban rail loop is set to become one of the big talking points of the Victorian state election campaign after the opposition leader, Matthew Guy, said heWhen was the suburban rail loop first announced?slick two-minute video“The biggest public transport project in history is coming to Victoria,” the voiceover said, before unveiling a proposed 90km underground railway line, running between Cheltenham in the south-east and Werribee in the south-west viaThe video said the new line would...
The government went on to win in a landslide, with an above-average swing to Labor in electorates set to benefit from the loop. Three of the eight seats Labor picked up at the election – Box Hill, Burwood and Mount Waverley – had new stations promised.In November 2020, Andrews announced $2.2bn for early works for the first 26km of the project, dubbed SRL East, as well as the location of the six stations between Cheltenham and Box Hill.
At the time, it was estimated SRL East would cost up to $34.5bn to be completed by 2035. The business case did not detail plans for the western section of the loop, between Melbourne airport and Werribee.Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning The firm has since established its first work site at Clayton, and expressions of interest are now open for two tunnelling packages, to be awarded in late 2023 and 2024.
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