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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
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Secret plans for staged shake-up of Sydney motorway tolls revealed
As part of “Project Charlotte”, confidential documents show the state government plans to split a shake-up of pricing for Sydney’s toll roads into two stages.
- Matt O'Sullivan
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‘Blatantly improper’: Minister under fire over toll reform by electorate
A trove of emails reveals John Graham’s office demanded bureaucrats model the effect of a toll shake-up on Sydney’s motorways across state seats.
- Matt O'Sullivan
World’s ‘largest’ underground assembly of tunnelling machines happening beneath Sydney
Contractors cannot afford to get the sequence wrong as they truck large pieces of equipment through tunnels to two large caverns beneath the city’s inner west.
- Matt O'Sullivan
Inside the transport mega-projects that have reshaped Sydney’s future
The sheer scale of the build over the past decade has well exceeded expectations. But the next 10 years are likely to disappoint.
- Matt O'Sullivan
Nearly two years after sinkholes opened, fix for halted Sydney motorway remains unresolved
An engineering solution remains bogged down in complex negotiations between the NSW government and contractors building the project in the city’s south.
- Matt O'Sullivan
Two-way tolling on Sydney Harbour Bridge and Tunnel set to start in 2028
In a carrot for motorists, administration charges on toll notices will be scrapped after the state reached a deal with private motorway operators.
- Matt O'Sullivan
‘Like a giant game of Tetris’: Rebuilding one of Australia’s busiest motorways cone by cone
A $2 billion upgrade to the Warringah Freeway is regarded as one of the toughest road-building projects in Sydney in decades.
- Matt O'Sullivan
Motorists stuck in Sydney’s M4 tunnel for hours after bulges found in roof
The NSW roads minister has lashed out at the private motorway operator for a breakdown in communication that led to chaos in part of the WestConnex motorway.
- Matt O'Sullivan and Daniel Lo Surdo
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- The Dust of Death
Tunnel worker awarded $2.4 million after deadly silicosis diagnosis
A judge has castigated some of the nation’s largest tunnelling companies for failing to protect workers, accusing them of “egregious breaches of duty”.
- Max Maddison