{"id":74039,"date":"2024-06-27T16:54:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T06:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=74039"},"modified":"2024-06-27T16:54:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T06:54:11","slug":"melbourne-airport-rail-link-mediator-neil-scales-report-outlines-three-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=74039","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne Airport rail link mediator Neil Scales\u2019 report outlines three recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A report into the stalled $10 billion Airport Rail Link says the project remains \u201cviable and necessary\u201d and has outlined three recommendations to get it back on track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mediator Neil Scales has recommended against the Commonwealth and State considering an underground station at Tullamarine \u2013 unless the airport owners can produce a \u201ccomprehensive\u201d business case showing it stacks up. <\/p>\n\n\n

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The report recommended an overground rather than an underground station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he says that governments should move quickly to upgrade a Sunshine super hub that would capitalise on early works for the airport project, and which would intersect with the link once it\u2019s resurrected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Scales\u2019s report also says there should be fresh modelling done to show how quickly the Tullamarine Fwy will fill up, which would indicate how urgent the rail link would be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Albanese Government has sent the full report to the airport owners and Allan Government to consider, and said it encouraged them to \u201cwork constructively together to determine next steps to progress this important project\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The mediator in the Melbourne Airport rail link wars has recommended against the underground station option unless there is a \u201ccomprehensive\u201d business case showing it stacks up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":26743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[513,47],"tags":[993,8,8751],"class_list":["post-74039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-melbourne-airport","category-rail-news","tag-melbourne","tag-victoria","tag-victorian-government"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t