It's taken close to 100,000 tonnes of concrete and nearly 3,000 workers over 16 months to construct a large viaduct on the western Sydney metro line. It aims to connect passengers across the network in record time. Now, the question turns to whether the NSW government can settle the rail union's pay dispute and bring an end to future strikes.
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00:00Getting their steps up, along Sydney Metro's new Warragamba Bridge.
00:12The announcement today is the completion of the viaduct which is this elevated bridge.
00:17The completed 23km route will connect parts of Western Sydney from as far as Bradfield
00:23to St Mary's.
00:25The Metro line to the airport costs twice as much as the new airport, but this is much
00:30needed public transport infrastructure.
00:33It's the latest update to the Western Sydney Airport Metro.
00:37The 3.2km bridge will run between Orchard Hills and the new 15m elevated Ludnum station.
00:44There'll be roads here when it opens, there'll be a car park, there'll be a bus interchange,
00:48bike parking facilities, kiss and ride facilities.
00:51The idea, to turn this farmland into a suburban neighbourhood by 2026.
00:58You'll see thousands of homes turning into communities with schools and open spaces.
01:04And while the government's keen to highlight the progress it's making on this Metro rail
01:08line, it has still not reached a deal with the rail union which would avert a city wide
01:14train strike.
01:15We're hopeful of a breakthrough, I think there's enough goodwill in the room to get one, but
01:19it would be irresponsible of me to say we're on the cusp of announcing it, we're not.
01:24This afternoon the unions praised the Premier's department, but criticised Transport for NSW.
01:31We know that the Premier wants to get it resolved and we hope that Transport for NSW can get
01:35out of the way, the bureaucrats can get out of the way and assist in this.
01:40If the government and unions can't reach a resolution by Sunday evening, commuters may
01:46face disruptions from Monday.
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