North West, No federal funding for link

The NSW government’s planned $8.5 billion, 36-kilometre North West Rail Link has not been included for federal funding in Intrastructure Australia’s six “ready to proceed” priority infrastructure.projects. The project has been listed as an “early stage” one requiring more work. “This is a joke,” the Weekend Australian Financial Review reported NSW Minister for Transport, Gladys Berejiklian, as saying. Michael Deegan, of Infrastructure Australia, said the agency looked forward to seeing the government’s long-term transport plan, due latter this month.