ALP doing what the ALP does best.
Looking to can infrastructure that’s almost completed and desperately needed for our housing crisis. A decade later and there doesn’t seem to be any fresh ideas from their previous incarnation.
I think I can buy the argument that more stations are needed. That there are no stations between Olympic Park and Parramatta is ridiculous for a metro system.
But to contemplate canning the project is just dumb.
I think the purpose of it is to provide a 20 min travel time between Parramatta and Sydney which isn’t possible if there are too many stations.
But regardless with 7 stations it’ll still be alot faster than the current 2 station express. Newington might be a good location for a stop which can work if they give the area a R4 zoning and allow 100 metre buildings like they do in the area around it like Olympic Park. If there’s no uplift in density then a newer station isn’t really worth it imo.
I wouldn’t be surprised if it was Alex Classens telling him what to do (for the cancellation)
Metros everywhere else in the world (Europe, Asia) are designed with stations very close together, some within 5 walk of each other. The point is you have high density all along the route so most people are only taking part of the journey, not from end to end.
And if you want 20 min between Parramatta to Sydney, the best way is to have a metro with really close stations, and have heavy rail only stop at Parramatta, Strathfield and Central. Have a metro serve all the intermediate stops.