The second stage of the Parramatta light rail in Sydney’s west will go ahead after a “significant” $600m funding pledge by the New South Wales government, despite a recommendation from the state’s independent infrastructure body to delay it.
The treasurer, Matt Kean, and other key ministers had refused to put a timeline or a price tag on the project, but the premier, Dominic Perrottet, said on Twitter that more than $602m will be committed for it in the upcoming budget.
