Project Profile of Sydney Cross City, Australia

Australia Sydney Cross-City Tunnel

This report was compiled by the Australasian Centre for the Governance and Management of Urban Transport (GAMUT), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. Please Note: This Project Profile has been prepared as part of the ongoing OMEGA Centre of Excellence work on Mega Urban Transport Projects. The information presented in the Profile is essentially a 'work in progress ' and will be updated/ amended as necessary as work proceeds. Readers are therefore advised to periodically check for any updates or revisions. The Centre and its collaborators/partners have obtained data from sources believed to be reliable and have made every reasonable effort to ensure its accuracy. However, the Centre and its collaborators/partners cannot assume responsibility for errors and omissions in the data nor in the documentation accompanying them.

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A INTRODUCTION Type of project Principal transport nodes Major associated developments  Lane Cove Tunnel  Joint Select Committee on Cross City Tunnel (Parliamentary Inquiry)  Infrastructure Implementation Group Review of Future Motorways  Cross City Tunnel Performance Audit  Upgrade of Bourke St  Reopening Parent projects Current status B BACKGROUND TO PROJECT Principal project objectives Key enabling mechanisms Main organisations involved  Key parties from the government  Key government agencies  Key private sector parties Planning and environmental regime  Broad Government policy  Outline of planning legislation  Environmental statements  Overview of public consultation  Ecological mitigation  Regeneration Appraisal methods/approaches Land acquisition

C PRINCIPAL PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS Detailed description of route Detailed description of main and intermediate travel nodes Project costs  Construction costs timeline Project delivery Main engineering features  Details of engineering and construction  Main engineering facts and figures  Road changes

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