Inner west residents have been urged to avoid walking on the tracks,as some trams are still operating to allow tests to be carried out.
Transport Minister Rob Stokes will direct the state’s safety investigators to look into the cracking that has grounded the entire inner west tram fleet.
All trams from Sydney’s Inner West light rail service have been pulled off the tracks due to safety concerns,the NSW government has confirmed.
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The review raised a"number of issues"for the technology pursued by the government as an alternative to light rail,including its impact on bridges and pavements and the regulatory requirements they will have to meet.
Internal engineering reports reveal the length of time it will take to design and build a bridge between fast-growing suburbs near Sydney Olympic Park.
Transport Minister Andrew Constance has asked the state's anti-corruption watchdog to investigate his own government's purchase of a highly contaminated parcel of land near Parramatta at three times the estimated value.
The absence of funding in the state budget for the second stage of the light rail line is the clearest indication that the government will not build it.
The report was completed seven months after Transport for NSW bought the highly contaminated land for $53 million.
Andrew Constance says the government is increasingly likely to use"trackless trams"or buses to service the stage two route between Camellia and Sydney Olympic Park.
Sydney's CBD light rail broke down near Moore Park,suspending services from Central to Randwick and Kingsford for hours.