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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Daisy Dumas

Contractor warned to ‘step up’ and finish Sydney’s maligned M6 motorway or face the consequences

M6 motorway construction in Sydney’s south
The NSW government has issued contractor CGU a ‘notice of default’ to force it to finish work on the M6 tunnel in Sydney’s south. Photograph: Transport for NSW

Two years after large sinkholes opened above the construction of a $3.1bn Sydney motorway tunnel, the consortium charged with the project’s completion has been issued a notice forcing it to continue the job or face possible legal consequences.

The New South Wales roads minister, Jenny Aitchison, said contractor CGU had on Monday been issued a “notice of default”, forcing it to recommence work on the 90% complete M6 tunnel by 1 May.

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