“Receiving these Ausgrid guidelines after contract signing was like Transport for NSW dropping a bomb on us,” Noonan told the inquiry. Sydney's troubled $2.1bn light rail project delayed again Read moreHe said TfNSW only provided Acciona with the crucial plans a month after they had signed the contract to build the light rail in early 2015. All our understanding was thrown out the window.”Costs for the light rail project, running from Sydney’s city centre to the eastern suburbs, has blown out from $1.6bn to $2.1bn. Noonan said Acciona would never have agreed to undertake the light rail if the Ausgrid information had been provided to the company earlier. The light rail was “ripping the heart out of the CBD,” Labor’s transport spokeswoman, Jodi Mackay, told reporters on Thursday.

Source: The Guardian November 29, 2018 06:55 UTC