Airport rail study doctored to ‘bake-in’ Sunshine as preferred route, commission told
A whistleblower told the Big Build royal commission that cost estimates for an airport rail route through Maribyrnong were inflated to ensure a politically favoured outcome.
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A whistleblower has informed the Big Build royal commission that an airport rail study was manipulated to ensure that Sunshine emerged as the preferred route for the project. According to the evidence presented, a working group deliberately inflated the cost of an alternative route running through Maribyrnong.[1][2]
The commission heard that the price of the Maribyrnong corridor was increased specifically to ensure the government's politically favoured outcome came out on top, thereby baking in Sunshine as the selected pathway for the rail link.[1][2]
