{"id":38734,"date":"2026-05-05T04:52:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=38734"},"modified":"2026-05-05T04:52:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:52:54","slug":"m6-deadline-missed-minns-government-still-without-a-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/m6-deadline-missed-minns-government-still-without-a-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"M6 Deadline Missed, Minns Government still without a plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Drivers in Sydney\u2019s South face further delays after the Minns Labor Government confirmed the M6 contractor has missed the 1 May default notice deadline and can\u2019t say when construction will resume.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>Shadow Minister for Roads Mark Coure said the Government&#8217;s update from Minister Jenny Aitchison offered confirmation of failure but no path forward.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cThe $3.1 billion project has stalled again and as a result families, tradies and other commuters face more delays,\u201d Mr Coure said.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cToday\u2019s statement confirms what many feared, the deadline has come and gone, and the Government still doesn\u2019t have control of this project,\u201d he said.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cDrivers have no answers as to what happens next and that\u2019s just not good enough.\u201d\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>Mr Coure said the Minister&#8217;s silence in the weeks leading up to the deadline, followed by a statement with no concrete next steps, exposed the Government&#8217;s inability to manage the project.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cMinister Aitchison made a lot of noise about bringing the contractor to heel, only to go missing when it counts,\u201d he said.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cThis project has been stuck in limbo for more than two years, and people in Southern Sydney are tired of excuses and more delays,\u201d he said.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cDrivers have been waiting for far too long for this road. They deserve clear answers, not radio silence from this government.\u201d\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>Mr Coure called on Labor to outline the next steps, including whether legal action will be pursued and when construction will properly resume.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cThe Minns Labor Government cannot keep kicking the can down the road and hoping that this problem will resolve itself, we need decisive action and a clear plan for how they intend to fix this mess.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers in Sydney\u2019s South face further delays after the Minns Labor Government confirmed the M6 contractor has missed the 1 May default notice deadline and can\u2019t say when construction will resume.\u00a0\u00a0Shadow Minister for Roads Mark Coure said the Government&#8217;s update from Minister Jenny Aitchison offered confirmation of failure but no path forward.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe $3.1 billion project &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/m6-deadline-missed-minns-government-still-without-a-plan\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;M6 Deadline Missed, Minns Government still without a plan&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38735,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38734\/revisions\/38735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}