Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2: Premier, Transport Minister urged to deliver project by 2025
More than 70 businesses and community organisations have written to the NSW Premier and Transport Minister in a bid for Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2 to be delivered by 2025.
More than 70 businesses and community organisations have banded together to endorse Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2 and encourage the NSW Government to commit to the funding and delivery of the project by 2025.
In a letter to Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Transport Minister Andrew Constance, the organisations — including the Western Sydney Business Chamber, Parramatta Council, Sydney Olympic Business Association and Property Council of Australia — have called for the final business case of stage 2 of the light rail project to be released and for the government to commit to funding the project.
Western Sydney Business Chamber executive director David Borger said it was vital that work started on the next stage of the Parramatta Light Rail project, linking Westmead and Parramatta to Sydney Olympic Park.
“This project will be of massive benefit to Western Sydney and we are actively encouraging the NSW Government to get cracking on Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2 as a priority of transport policy,” Mr Borger said.
“The Greater Sydney Commission and the NSW Government talk about the goal of creating a ‘30-minute city’ — Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2, together with Sydney Metro West, will help deliver that vision.
“Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2 will connect a range of socio-economically diverse communities through to Rydalmere, Ermington, Melrose Park and Wentworth Point with mass transit for the first time.”
A Western Sydney Business Chamber and Sydney Olympic Park Business Association survey of residents in the region revealed 75 per cent of local residents supported the commitment to a final route and start date for Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2.
It’s a similar level of support for Sydney Metro West (77 per cent).
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