Liverpool. Chamber gives thumbs up to rail link

Liverpool Chamber of Commerce members see "light at the end of the tunnel'' for business and the local economy when the South West Rail Link project is completed. Transport Construction Authority representatives, public affairs manager, Adrian Leopardi, and director of planning, David Gainsford, said the project would service an expected 110,000 homes in the South-West growth centre. Mr Leopardi told members at its monthly meeting work on the $1.3 billion and 11.4 kilometres of track from Glenfield to Leppington will start this month. Chamber president, Harry Hunt, said: `"The rail link will be a real boost for the economy.”