{"id":2767,"date":"2019-05-14T06:45:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T06:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=2767"},"modified":"2019-05-14T06:45:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T06:45:54","slug":"labors-record-investment-in-melbournes-suburban-rail-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/05\/14\/labors-record-investment-in-melbournes-suburban-rail-loop\/","title":{"rendered":"LABOR\u2019S RECORD INVESTMENT IN MELBOURNE\u2019S SUBURBAN RAIL LOOP"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Shorten Labor Government will deliver the single biggest federal investment in a public transport project in history, with a $15 billion, 15 year investment in Melbourne\u2019s Suburban Rail Loop.
\nThis election will be a choice between a united Shorten Labor Government which will build the essential transport infrastructure Melbourne needs, or more of the Liberals\u2019 cuts and chaos.
\nWe need real change, because more of the same isn\u2019t good enough.
\nPremier Daniel Andrews announced the Suburban Rail Loop project last year. It will be a 90 kilometre rail ring around Melbourne\u2019s suburbs, with 12 new underground stations connecting the city\u2019s major train lines.
\nSuburban Rail Loop will be a game changer for Australia\u2019s fastest-growing city. It means faster travel times and more jobs for Victorians.
\nIt will allow passengers to move between Melbourne\u2019s suburbs without the need to go via the central business district, making public transport much quicker and more convenient.
\nPlanners expect the new network will attract 400,000 passengers a day and take 200,000 cars off Melbourne\u2019s roads.
\nThis investment will be delivered over 15 years. It includes the previously announced $5 billion investment in the Melbourne Airport Rail Link and is in addition to $300 million already allocated by Labor to support the development of the business case and progress planning work for the Suburban Rail Loop.
\nThe new investment means that when construction is ready to go in 2022, a
\nFederal Labor Government will have the funds in the budget to help get it started.
\nMelbournians expect their Federal Government to support the Suburban Rail Loop. If you don\u2019t back the Suburban Rail Loop, then you\u2019re not backing Melbourne.
\nOnly Labor will build Suburban Rail Loop \u2013 a Victorian Labor Government and a Federal Labor Government.
\nFederal Labor\u2019s commitment to work with the Andrews Labor Government on the Suburban Rail Loop is part of our plan to increase investment in public transport around the nation.
\nThis investment means the Andrews Government will have a real partner in Canberra, so they can get on with delivering the pipeline of transport infrastructure that Victoria needs.
\nDespite Victoria being home to one in four Australians, the Liberals and Nationals in Canberra have slashed the state\u2019s share of the federal infrastructure budget to as low as seven per cent.
\nAs Treasurer, Scott Morrison cut Victoria\u2019s schools and hospitals, and as
\nPrime Minister he\u2019s refusing to give Victorians their fair share of infrastructure funding.
\nScott Morrison and the Liberals in Canberra are anti-public transport and
\nanti-Victoria.
\nEnd the chaos. Vote for change. Vote for\u202fLabor.
\nLabor can pay for this commitment to the Suburban Rail Loop because we are closing unfair loopholes for multinationals and the top end of town.
\nFederal Labor\u2019s investment in the Suburban Rail Loop is part of our infrastructure plan for Melbourne, which also includes:<\/p>\n