Transport

The Government knew two years before the Inner West light rail was ground to a stop that there were cracks on the overseas built light rail vehicles.

Will the Premier continue to build ferries, trains and trams overseas?

Given the transport Minister has now admitted that there is not much of a price difference in the current climate when it comes to domestic manufacturing and given we know that foreign-built procurements often blow out by more than 50 per cent anyway, does the Treasurer agree with the transport Minister and now regret costing New South Wales thousands of job opportunities by sending billions of dollars in major purchases overseas?

On 26 September 2022 the overseas-made Fairlight Ferry experienced a steering failure while allegedly in the path of a cruise ship on Sydney Harbour.

The return of full services to the Inner West Light Rail line has been further delayed to November, over a year since the entire line was shut down due to dangerous cracking in the overseas-built light rail vehicles.

The Liberal Government has failed the people and local businesses of Parramatta by not delivering this project on time.

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The Government must admit that their overseas-built Emerald Class Manly ferries are not up to the job. 

The bill seeks to establish a framework for the development of rail trails in New South Wales while providing greater opportunities to repurpose disused lines for purposes related to tourism, recreation, roads or road infrastructure. The bill removes the requirement for an Act of Parliament to close a rail line for the purpose of establishing a rail trail, determining that the removal of tracks or the undertaking of other work does not constitute the formal closure of the line.

This industrial dispute has been going on for more than a year and that instead of trying to resolve it, the Government has inflamed it at every opportunity.