Developers and businesses along the route of the first stage of the Suburban Rail Loop will be asked for as much as $11 billion to help pay for it
Category: Suburban Rail Loop
$206,000 a year to hold up a stop sign?
Labor’s militant CFMEU union has taken control of most Big Build projects, amid fresh reports of rorts & coercion.
With rail loop cash hole, state woos federal assessor
Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas is not sweating over a $20 billion funding hole to build Melbourne’s biggest infrastructure project.
Suburban Rail Loop could be ‘the next Commonwealth Games’
Tom Elliott believes the Suburban Rail Loop could be a financial disaster for Victoria, dubbing it “the next Commonwealth Games”.
No new funds from the federal budget allocated to Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop project
The Victorian budget was ultimately banking on a $11 billion contribution from the Commonwealth to deliver the project.
Labor warned of risk from Victoria’s $200b rail loop
Infrastructure Minister Catherine King’s hand-picked review warned that Victoria’s controversial Suburban Rail Loop represented a risk to the federal government’s road and rail budget.
Why there was no extra funding for the Suburban Rail Loop in the federal budget
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has explained why there was no extra funding for the Suburban Rail Loop in the federal budget last night.
Community Infrastructure Cut for Rail Loop Political Scheme
Responding to questions today about whether the Suburban Rail Loop could provide value for money – issues also raised by the independent Victorian Auditor-General and […]
Tim Pallas defends funding of Suburban Rail Loop
He denies the reported cost of the loop will be $216 billion, claiming the first stage will cost between $30-34 billion dollars.
Victoria on Hunt for Rail Loop Station Builders
Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop East is moving forward with the expressions-of-interest campaign to build six underground stations open. The project will deliver twin 26km rail tunnels, […]