One of the largest unfinished infrastructure projects in New South Wales could turn Wollongong and south-west Sydney into a region 'of national significance', according to a new report.
A lobby group has published a report calling for Wollongong and south-west Sydney to be considered one "mega-region" linked by a new rail line.
A rail link connecting Wollongong to Western Sydney was first proposed in the 1970s and work started on the Maldon–Dombarton freight line in the early 1980s. The centrepiece of the report is the Macarthur-Kembla line, a dual-track freight and passenger rail line linking Port Kembla to the South Sydney Freight line and ultimately
NSW Planning Minister Paul Scully has been a staunch advocate for the project since his time in opposition. "A 24-hour a day operating airport in Western Sydney is going to reorient the way international travel and some domestic travel happens in Sydney. "It has been a while since any serious costings were done but it was in the multiple billions at that stage," he said.
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