Region. Outlining government plans

NSW Governor, Marie Bashir, confirmed at the opening of the state’s 55th parliament that along with a rail link to outer-northwest Sydney, the NSW government would start work on one of the three "missing links" in the city's road system., according to The Australian They are: the extension of the M4 motorway from Western Sydney into the CBD; the duplication of the tunnel on the M5 motorway, to Sydney's southwest; and a link between the F3 freeway, which connects Sydney to Newcastle, and the M2 motorway in northern Sydney. Her speech including plans to abolish the powers of the state's Planning Minister, Brad Hazzard, to override local councils on major projects. The new MP for Parramatta, Geoff Lee, told a business breakfast in Parramatta these plans could be introduced in a matter of weeks.