A new rail bridge that is set to form part of the Melbourne Airport Rail project will soar 55 metres above the Maribyrnong River and become the second-highest bridge in Victoria after the West Gate.
The final cost of the project is yet to be finalised, but it will be built with $5 billion of money from the Victorian budget and $5 billion from Canberra.A business case for the project has also not yet been completed, but the government intends to run airport trains alongthrough central Melbourne, attracting some criticism from transport experts because it will reduce the number of metropolitan trains that can use the $12 billion tunnel when it opens in 2025.
That report estimated an airport rail link would cost between $213 million and $516 million. The current official estimate for the project stands at $8 billion to 13 billion, although it is not clear precisely what this budget includes. The route via Sunshine and the Metro Tunnel "is the best solution – it means the quickest trip, with the least number of interchanges for the majority of passengers", Ms Allan said.
ClayLucas Let’s blow more money
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ClayLucas Would it be at all possible to get one project finished, on time and on budget before taking on something else that will probably be over budget and unfinished?
ClayLucas Gr8 work we really need these things to not feel insecure, maybe the workers will work hard and there will be enough money to finish the roads we can’t afford to build at the moment
ClayLucas DictatorDan has failed in every department and development. Watch this be non-existent!
ClayLucas Not another WestGateTunnel debacle 🤦♀️
ClayLucas $10b. Let’s call it for what it is. Multiple years late and prob cost around$22b in the end
ClayLucas Built by the CCP
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