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NSW’s $108.5bn infrastructure spend: Where is the money going? By Fergus Halliday 23 June 2021 | 1 minute read SHARE The NSW state government just announced a record-setting amount of new infrastructure spending. Here’s where that money is going. As part of this year’s state budget, the NSW government has announced $108.5 billion in infrastructure spending over the next four years. Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said, “NSW already has regained the ground lost during COVID-19, but it is h...

For example, the program has delivered some $9m in funding for a new lift at the Hawkesbury River station in the Liberal seat of Hornsby despite significantly lower patronage than other Labor-held seats. While Hawkesbury River, which is in the seat of the environment minister, Matt Kean, recorded a patronage of 2,892 passengers a week, other Labor-held seats such as Doonside and Macquarie Fields with higher patronage – 24,716 and 10,598 respectively – missed out on the funding. Doonside is ...

Westons Sovereign Centre. - Credit: Archant North Somerset Council has today (Thursday) approved a business plan to repurpose Westons Sovereign Shopping Centre. The councils executive approved the plan for the Sovereign Centre and the commissioning plan for the appointment of consultants and contractors to undertake works to convert vacant retail space into new mixed-use space. The appointment of an operator to manage the space was also agreed by executive members. Any change in name to the Sov...

Westons Sovereign Centre. - Credit: Archant Westons Sovereign Shopping Centre is to get a new lease of life with plans to re-purpose the building. Following the coronavirus pandemic, changing lifestyles and the increase of online shopping has had an irreversible effect on town centres and how they are used. North Somerset Council is responding to those changes to cement the future of the Sovereign Centre by creating a new plan for the building. The new vision and business plan have been create...

Rooftop bar and live music plan for Weston-super-Mare Sovereign Centre A major transformation of the High Street Sovereign Centre is planned 13:05, 3 FEB 2021 THE BIGGEST STORIES ACROSS BRISTOL IN YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about ho...

The consultation for Redfern station in May 2019 only showed Transport for NSWs preferred option (option 3). The documentation referred however, to two other options that were considered but these details were not released to the broad community but the details were shown to some institutions. This slide is Option 3 and it was the only option released for the public consultation. It proposes lifts to all above ground platforms at the southern end. It connects to Little Evele...