The proposed ambitious project will cost an estimated $8-$13 billion and the time - 9 years to build starting in 2022 to be completed 2031: This to build approximately 27 kms of track, infrastructure & stations!
Endless immigration and declining infrastructure spend is gridlock.
Outside the home market myopia Australia is now the white trash of Asia LKY warned of, with the third world infrastructure to match. Only problem is the trash is mixed now as Melbourne and Sydney added a million people, improving 'vibrancy'
Stuck in endless traffic gridlock, inhaling toxic fumes or stuck on a train inhaling unwashed toxic armpit fumes, the commuters can at least enjoy the glow of flammable cladding lighting their way, while toll roads circle the city, on their ever lengthening commute.
Sounds like an episode of the brilliant ABC series "Utopia" oh wait...