Hi-Waste Projects (NSW)

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1 billion/km roadway. It's even more expensive than the most expensive section of the Eastern Busway that came in at $465 million/km.

Revealed: The $14 billion Western Harbour Tunnel Beaches Link price tag
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/revealed-the-14-billion-western-harbour-tunnel-beaches-link-price-tag-20170717-gxcy6a.html

And of course:

Roads and public transport projects were not mutually exclusive.

The 36-kilometre Rouse Hill to Chatswood rail upgrade is much cheaper than the Beaches Link at $8 billion, around $230 million per kilometre.

An internal Transport for NSW memo released under the Government Information (Public Access) Act refers to a cabinet directive not to consider public transport alternatives when assessing tollway projects. The memo says the Western Harbour Tunnel and Beaches Link was not benchmarked against a public transport alternative.