NSW Budget 2016: Sydney Metro gets under way by blowing things up

By Kirsty Needham
Updated June 20 2016 - 11:16am, first published June 19 2016 - 5:00am
A building on the corner of Elizabeth and Hunter streets in the CBD that will be affected by the construction of the new Sydney Metro stations. Photo: Wolter Peeters
A building on the corner of Elizabeth and Hunter streets in the CBD that will be affected by the construction of the new Sydney Metro stations. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Deanne and Spiro Coucouvinis at the cafe in the city they have run since 2003. It will be demolished to make way for the Metro. Photo: Samuel Roberts
Deanne and Spiro Coucouvinis at the cafe in the city they have run since 2003. It will be demolished to make way for the Metro. Photo: Samuel Roberts

Public transport is expected to come to the fore in Tuesday's NSW budget as the Baird government commits the first significant funds to the city extension of Australia's largest rail project, the Sydney Metro.

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