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Exclusive: A leading business think tank is calling on the Minns government to extend Sydney’s light rail network and shut down Long Bay Jail to stimulate construction of more than 50,000 homes for a city gripped by a housing crisis. Business Sydney says building out an existing light rail corridor with an 8.5km addition in a southerly direction down Anzac Parade from Kingsford to La Perouse is a “no-brainer”. In a report to be released on Tuesday, the advocacy group also claims the new transport artery would complete “unfinished business” while delivering “thousands more homes at a time when Sydney needs them most”. Business Sydney executive director Paul Nicolaou told The Daily Telegraph “infrastructure fatigue” should not stop the government continuing to invest in a light rail network that currently carries more than 40 million passengers a year.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/extend-light-rail-to-la-perouse-to-unlock-housing-minns-government-told/news-story/f3e17fda9c1c4e98a52e655200111c7c

Premier Chris Minns in his address said that while big transport projects and “eye-catching” infrastructure in Western Sydney like the new Metro West were important, he stressed it was in the essential projects like new school and hospital that would be essential for the continued growth of the region.

“What has been neglected in Western Sydney communities for too long is the elementary infrastructure that provides the must have services every community needs,” he said.

“The schools, the hospitals, the essential suburban roads that make life bearable and provide the services that a suburb of families desperately need.”

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/live-anthony-albanese-and-chris-minns-to-attend-future-western-sydney/live-coverage/faa04b9972a6ed65557d6a575b6ff702