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‘Complicated rebuild’ points to long closure of key Blue Mountains highway
A $50 million emergency injection into detour routes over the Blue Mountains also suggests the closure of the critical highway will be long-lasting.
- Matt O'Sullivan
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Singapore Airlines locks in flights to Sydney’s new airport despite fuel crisis
Tickets go on sale on Wednesday for Singapore Airlines’ first flights to Western Sydney Airport in November, while other carriers could be landing weeks earlier.
- Matt O'Sullivan
Sydney is plagued by confusing speed humps. These are some of the worst
We asked readers whether they thought a speed hump in Riverwood was the worst in Sydney. They replied with dozens more.
- Kayla Olaya
Fixes finally in sight for road choke points on Sydney’s northern beaches
The upgrades to key arterial routes come as a wide-ranging review sparks calls for plans for the multibillion-dollar Beaches Link motorway tunnel to be revived.
- Matt O'Sullivan
‘Major failure’: Key Blue Mountains highway to be closed for at least three months
With 12,000 vehicles using the road every day, the prolonged blockage will affect the delivery times and cost of produce from the region to Sydney.
- Bevan Shields
‘Mind-blowing’: How a convict-built crossing closed a Blue Mountains highway
The Great Western Highway is now shut indefinitely, as a stone causeway that’s almost 200 years old threatens to collapse under the weight of neglect and political indecision.
- Bevan Shields
Length of delay to Sydney’s new airport metro line hinges on ‘big negotiation’
The transport minister has told Sydney Metro to protect taxpayers then “open the line when they can”.
- Matt O'Sullivan
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This $3.1b Sydney road has been delayed by years. Now there’s an ultimatum
Contractors building the M6 motorway have been in a stand-off with the NSW government over who bears the cost of fixing sinkholes that opened up two years ago.
- Matt O'Sullivan
The Sydney beaches where free parking will soon be scrapped
Parking meters will be installed at many of the few remaining eastern suburbs beaches with free parking in a council proposal, but locals will not have to pay.
- Jessica McSweeney
New $2 billion motorway to Sydney’s second international airport opening
The ribbon-cutting comes almost eight months before the first passenger flights are due to take off from Western Sydney Airport.
- Matt O'Sullivan