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Melbourne Airport Rail Project moves forward after resolution of airport-state government dispute
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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7/8/2024
The path has cleared for Melbourne's Airport Rail Project after the long-standing battle between Melbourne Airport and the State Government came to an end. Reporter Mikaela Ortolan has more.
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A long-standing dispute about the location of the airport rail link station has finally
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come to an end, with Melbourne Airport announcing that it will agree to the Victorian Government's
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preferred option of building the station above ground.
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Now it has been in dispute for quite a long time now.
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The Victorian Government wants to build the station above ground because it's the cheaper
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option and it would also see the project completed quicker.
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But the airport has maintained its position for some time saying an underground station
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would be better in terms of future proofing the airport.
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Now we heard from the CEO earlier today and here's a little bit of what she had to say.
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I think the compromise was necessary because equally we need to make sure that we have
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a rail link to the airport and those public connections are really important.
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So we need to prioritise the growth of the third runway.
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We need to prioritise the fact that we will have 76 million people in and out of this
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terminal by 2042 and we can't afford to be a few years down the track and still having
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this same conversation.
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The airport is still in talks with the Government and they're hoping that the project will be
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complete by 2030 now that they've come to this agreement.
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That will be in line with the airport's third runway opening.
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Now they said about 45 million passengers will come through Melbourne Airport once that
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third runway does open.
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So it's welcome news and hopefully we can see some work done sooner rather than later.
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