Parramatta. $1 million for study

Parramatta Lord Mayor, Lorraine Wearne, has announced that a feasibility study into the Western Sydney Light Rail Network will commence early next month, after Parramatta City Council committed funding for the first stage of the proposal. Council has committed up to $1m towards a number of initiatives to realise the light rail project including a feasibility study, with the successful tender expected to be selected by Council in July. Cr Wearne said that although transport issues were usually the responsibility of the state and federal governments council decided it had to take a lead role for the region.