'Window of opportunity' for new metro line in Sydney's west closing fast

By Matt O'Sullivan
Updated July 15 2016 - 2:08am, first published 1:47am
Under the group's plans, half of the 26-kilometre line from Central to Westmead would be tunnel. Photo: Nick Moir
Under the group's plans, half of the 26-kilometre line from Central to Westmead would be tunnel. Photo: Nick Moir
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Former state Labor treasurer Michael Costa is acting as a strategic adviser for the consortium. Photo: Marina Neil
Former state Labor treasurer Michael Costa is acting as a strategic adviser for the consortium. Photo: Marina Neil

A consortium touting plans for a $10 billion-plus metro rail line between central Sydney and Parramatta warns the "window of opportunity" to use so-called value capture to fund a major new line is quickly closing for the NSW government.

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