Melbourne’s suburban rail loop the next monster white elephant

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More details have emerged about the Victorian Government’s signature $50 billion, 90 kilometre suburban rail loop, which is scheduled to start construction in 2022:

Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed the preferred route for the much anticipated 90km rail loop would run from Cheltenham to Werribee and connect every metropolitan train line in-between.

New underground stations will be built in Burwood and Monash University in Clayton, along with four new interchanges at Cheltenham, Glen Waverly, Clayton and Box Hill…

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.