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NORMAN HERMANT, REPORTER: Sixty years ago, Melbourne was on the move. Everywhere you looked, the city was hurtling to the future.
NORMAN HERMANT: And the wait will be even longer after another four-year delay to the airport rail link was announced in last months’ Victorian budget. NORMAN HERMANT: Victoria projects a budget of more than $30 billion to build the first leg of Melbourne’s suburban rail loop in the city’s east.CR PIERCE TYSON, MAYOR OF MOONEE VALLEY: We just want this done. We've been waiting for 60 years.
NORMAN HERMANT: A train wouldn’t only be more reliable, says Mascione, it would be safer for fatigued workers at the end of their shifts.BEN MASCIONE: It's just a huge blow to us. The train will just alleviate so many issues and be a really big convenience to a lot of people and possibly a cheaper way to get to work as well.
BEN CARROLL, VIC. DEPTY PREMIER: Melbourne airport need to work out who they're serving - business travellers or the wider community. Are they an airport or are they carpark?
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