The Art of Tattoo owners Skye and Roki Maika like the proposal but have seen how other businesses were destroyed by the ongoing delays of the George Street light rail.Credit:Rhett Wyman
So when she on Thursday heard abouta plan to lay down 11 kilometres of light rail track from the inner west,along Parramatta Road to Central Station and on to Green Square,at a cost of billions,she realised it has the potential to finally transform Sydney’s most-hated road.
It would come at a cost,she says,citing businesses on George Street in Sydney’s CBD that endured years of construction work and were forced to close.
“We like the idea but don’t like the amount of rent we would be paying in regard to the exposure to disruption to our business.”
The plans presented to the state government on Thursday by ALTRAC,the consortium behind Sydney’s existing light rail network,would mean trams would continue on to Green Square in Sydney’s south.
Legacy Brides owner Corina Galdames said customers simply cannot park nearby.Credit:Rhett Wyman
Leichhardt resident Mariette Lewis supported the plan for light rail,saying the area was underserved by public transport,and it was almost impossible for a diversity of businesses to survive.
“It takes 40 minutes to get to Newtown because you have to walk to a train at Petersham,” she said.