North West. Rail link

An announcement about the final route and cost of the north-west rail link is expected this week, possibly as early as today, according to the Sydney Morning Herald It will confirm the line as a 23-kilometre extension to the heavy rail network from Epping to Rouse Hill in north-west Sydney. The cost of the project, which will involve a 15-kilometre tunnel, the largest built in Sydney, will be about $8 billion.