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| Keywords: green square greensquare sydney light rail sydneylightrail project infrastructiure infrastructure australia infrastructureaustralia southern suburbs southernsuburbs transport for nsw transportfornsw sydney new south wales newsouthwales text screenshot outdoor Although Sydney Metro will have a station in neighbouring Waterloo and Green Square has its own railway station on the Sydney Trains network, proponents - among them Andrew Constance NSW Minister for Transport - of the Green Square Light Rail project were bouyed this week by Infrastructure Australia including the proposal as one of Australia's 'top priorities'. The Sydney Morning Herald of 17 February reports: "The Turnbull government's top infrastructure adviser has put the need for better transport links between Sydney's CBD and Green Square among the country's top infrastructure priorities. "In heaping pressure on state and federal governments, Infrastructure Australia has warned the transport network between the CBD and south towards Sydney Airport will lack the capacity to handle 30,000 extra residents over the next two decades. "The government adviser has named as a top priority the need for a "high-capacity, rapid transport link which could be bus or light rail" between the CBD and the "unserved parts of the area" in the south. "It says the link could eventually be extended further to Mascot, Rosebery, Sydney Airport and Port Botany. "Due to road congestion, bus transport to the Sydney CBD is slow and unreliable," a report from Infrastructure Australia says. "Potential growth in bus transport, to service a larger population, will add to congestion close to the centre of Sydney." "The latest push comes six months after Transport Minister Andrew Constance said for the first time that more mass transport will be needed to stop the area around Green Square becoming a congestion choke zone for the entire city. An artist's impression of a building at Green Square in Sydney's south. "Until July, the City of Sydney Council had found little government support for its repeated calls for a tram line through the area." Infrastructure Australia has put 93 projects and initiatives around the country on its list of priorities. They include projects that the Baird government has committed to, such as the WestConnex motorway, the metro rail line from Chatswood to Bankstown and rapid bus routes from the CBD to the northern beaches. Read more: www.smh.com.au/nsw/light-rail-link-to-green-square-among-... Follow us: @smh on Twitter | sydneymorningherald on Facebook Although Sydney Metro will have a station in neighbouring Waterloo and Green Square has its own railway station on the Sydney Trains network, proponents - among them Andrew Constance NSW Minister for Transport - of the Green Square Light Rail project were bouyed this week by Infrastructure Australia including the proposal as one of Australia's 'top priorities'. The Sydney Morning Herald of 17 February reports: "The Turnbull government's top infrastructure adviser has put the need for better transport links between Sydney's CBD and Green Square among the country's top infrastructure priorities. "In heaping pressure on state and federal governments, Infrastructure Australia has warned the transport network between the CBD and south towards Sydney Airport will lack the capacity to handle 30,000 extra residents over the next two decades. "The government adviser has named as a top priority the need for a "high-capacity, rapid transport link which could be bus or light rail" between the CBD and the "unserved parts of the area" in the south. "It says the link could eventually be extended further to Mascot, Rosebery, Sydney Airport and Port Botany. "Due to road congestion, bus transport to the Sydney CBD is slow and unreliable," a report from Infrastructure Australia says. "Potential growth in bus transport, to service a larger population, will add to congestion close to the centre of Sydney." "The latest push comes six months after Transport Minister Andrew Constance said for the first time that more mass transport will be needed to stop the area around Green Square becoming a congestion choke zone for the entire city. An artist's impression of a building at Green Square in Sydney's south. "Until July, the City of Sydney Council had found little government support for its repeated calls for a tram line through the area." Infrastructure Australia has put 93 projects and initiatives around the country on its list of priorities. They include projects that the Baird government has committed to, such as the WestConnex motorway, the metro rail line from Chatswood to Bankstown and rapid bus routes from the CBD to the northern beaches. Read more: www.smh.com.au/nsw/light-rail-link-to-green-square-among-... Follow us: @smh on Twitter | sydneymorningherald on Facebook | ||||
