A solution for the Melbourne Airport Rail standoff could be delivered within weeks despite the Victorian government and airport owners not meeting with mediators in the same room to hash out their differences over the $13 billion project.
The Victorian government says Melbourne Airport is holding a proposed rail link from the city “hostage”, with the state and the transport hub owned by some of the country’s biggest infrastructure investors now in external mediation.
A long-running stand-off over the stalled Melbourne Airport Rail project could be brought to a close after the Victorian government flagged a possible compromise.
Rail, Tram & Bus Union’s Vik Sharma was critical of the project being kicked “down the road” and said it was a global embarrassment Melbourne remained without a train line to the airport.
Rank-and-file Victorian Labor members are preparing to heap more pressure on the Victorian government to “get serious” on building Melbourne’s airport rail link.
The boss of Avalon Airport says a rail link into Melbourne could be taking passengers within two years after Tim Pallas warned Melbourne Airport risked losing state government investment to Avalon if it didn’t end its rail stoush.
