The Devitt Property Group has accused the Victoria government of ignoring its compensation claims in a dispute spanning more than four years.
The developer behind a luxury apartment tower next to Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel rail project is suing the Allan government for $20 million in compensation after part of its land was acquired for the new Anzac train station.
Trains will run on the new $14 billion metro line next year. Since building began on the nine-kilometre tunnel in 2018, the government has spent hundreds of millions of dollars buying land surrounding the rail corridor. The developers argued the land was worth nearly $16 million and the disturbance to the construction had cost them an additional $15 million.According to the court filings, the developers eventually declined a government request for a time extension, and the government has still not made an offer for the land. The government declined to comment on Monday night.
Opposition transport infrastructure spokesman David Southwick said the government must prioritise resolving the dispute.
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