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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Elias Visontay and Tamsin Rose

‘Shortsighted in the extreme’: Clover Moore rails against NSW government’s Metro West decision

Sydney lord mayor Clover Moore
Sydney lord mayor Clover Moore has blasted the NSW government for dropping plans to add a metro station in Zetland from its revamped Metro West project. Photograph: James Gourley/AAP

Sydney’s lord mayor has blasted the New South Wales government for adding stations to a key metro line in the western suburbs but failing to extend the route eastwards through the city.

On Wednesday, the government announced it would build up to two new stations on the Metro West line between Olympic Park and Parramatta, and likely move the Rosehill racecourse to make way for tens of thousands of new homes.

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