Region. Western Express possible pipe dream

The $4.5 billion Western Express project will remain nothing more than a pipe dream if, as expected, Labor loses the March 2011 election, according to The Daily Telegraph. The Opposition has refused to support the extra rail lines aimed at bringing commuters from Western Sydney into the city on longer, faster trains The Daily Telegraph revealed that the Western Express also includes a provision to build a tunnel under Sydney Harbour from Wynyard to St Leonards. More Western Express tender documents were released yesterday, revealing seven more studies into the project were under way.