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May 6th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The federal government has knocked back a NSW request to fund the North West Rail link, suggesting more buses be put on instead.
The NSW government had asked Infrastructure Australia to partly fund the $8.5 billion project, linking Sydney’s northwestern suburbs with Epping and the city centre.
But Infrastructure NSW’s request for Canberra to put in $2.1 billion has been refused, News Limited reports.
The report said Infrastructure Australia recognised Sydney’s congestion problems, but downplayed the importance of the North West Rail Link, meaning NSW will have to fund the entire project.
“It is not clear that linking northwest Sydney to the CBD is the highest priority transport problem for the Sydney network,” it said in a response to the request.
It also said a “staged approach” was needed to build capacity to heavy rail, including rapid bus transport as an “interim step”.
Infrastructure Australia also said that with the Harbour Bridge at full capacity, integration of trains from the North West Rail Link into the city would require other trains to terminate before the bridge.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard went to the 2010 federal election promising to put $2.1 billion towards a Parramatta to Epping rail link, on the proviso the NSW government contributed $500 million.
But when NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell’s coalition came to power in March last year, he asked Ms Gillard to have that money transferred to the North West Rail Link.
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