2031 Sydney Transport Blueprint, 2009
In 2009 the Sydney Morning Herald revealed plans for a Sydney Transport Blueprint which the deposed NSW Premier Nathan Rees was to release in December 2009. The proposal was to include:
- the West Metro from Westmead to the city
- a metro to the south-eastern suburbs of Randwick, Kensington, the UNSW, Kingsford and Maroubra.
- a heavy rail link to the Hills District in the north-west.
- completing the missing rail link between Parramatta and Epping.
- a metro from Olympic Park to Hurstville.
- a CityRail CBD relief line under the city.
- Radial transport links into Parramatta.
The proposals were to cost $180 billion over 25 years. In late 2009, Nathan Rees was deposed by Kristina Keneally casting doubt upon the blueprint.
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