Transport Minister David Elliott said construction equipment would be removed from Church Street in Parramatta by Easter as work begins on the final segment of the light rail line.
The NSW transport agency is in talks about the “option of a mixed fleet operation” for the inner west and the CBD and eastern suburbs light rail lines.
The original fleet was put out of service when extensive cracking was discovered in the vehicles.
The new Transport Minister’s position on the project has prompted the Opposition to accuse the government of breaking an election promise.
Businesses say fast-growing suburbs along the route of the line will be distressed to learn that the project is “still uncertain”.
Trams from the CBD will supplement the reopened line – from Central to Lilyfield only for the first few months – until all 12 cracked trams are repaired by next October.
Internal government emails reveal questions were raised over the standard of the inner west light rail track in the days after the service was suspended.
The new CBD light rail trams are being tested to revive the suspended service. The government has also been forced to bring back one of the old Freshwater ferries.
Cracks were first found in the inner west light rail trams almost a month before the service was suspended,new government documents have revealed.
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Cracked trams that were removed from Sydney’s inner west light rail are no longer under warranty,raising questions about who will pay for the repairs.