Roads
Push to allow medicinal cannabis users the right to drive
A NSW inquiry has considered a bill that would let people get on with their lives while continuing to take their medicine, including driving cars.
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‘Flawed vision’: Master plan for Sydney’s homes, jobs and transport slammed
Planning experts also say the economic activity associated with planned Sydney’s second airport has probably been “exaggerated”.
- by Michael Koziol
NSW government accused of lining private sector’s pockets with toll subsidy
The NSW government will spend half a billion dollars subsidising Sydney drivers for the cost of rising tolls on motorways the state has already sold.
- by Tom Rabe
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NSW
The government added new toll roads - now it uses taxpayer money to help drivers afford them
Sydney is host to more than 60 per cent of the nation’s toll roads even though only about 20 per cent of the population lives here.
- by Matt Wade
Opinion
Infrastructure
Perrottet looks west to keep Coalition on the rails before election
The NSW government needs to cut its infrastructure spending but deciding which projects to save and which ones to shelve comes down to politics.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Infrastructure
NSW government to ignore advice and push on with light rail project
The NSW government will proceed with the second stage of the Parramatta light rail but delay other megaprojects worth up to $20 billion.
- by Tom Rabe and Alexandra Smith
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Development
Clover Moore pitches ‘interim solution’ to Cahill Expressway dilemma
In a bid to win over the state government, the lord mayor has proposed a two-stage demolition of the maligned road and railway station.
- by Michael Koziol
NSW told to put high-profile road, transport projects on ice
The government’s independent infrastructure body has recommended $27 billion of spending be diverted to smaller projects that provide “high returns”.
- by Alexandra Smith and Tom Rabe
No guarantee of reforms for Sydney’s toll system before election, says Perrottet
The NSW Premier has described Sydney’s tolling system as unfair, but cannot guarantee his government will make changes before next year’s state election.
- by Tom Rabe
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State Parliament
‘No quick fix’: Untangling Sydney’s toll road dilemma
The woman tasked with reforming Sydney’s multibillion-dollar tolling network says the NSW government cannot rush into a quick political fix.
- by Tom Rabe
Bus driver dies after collision with unmarked police car in Penrith
A bus driver has died and another driver has been hospitalised with a head injury after colliding with a car near Llandilo, Penrith at about 7.30am.
- by Amelia McGuire