NSW plan for population growth outside Sydney to fail without high speed rail, says expert behind strategy
Exclusive: UK professor also says findings should be made public as with every other country I've worked in'
The expert behind the New South Wales government's fast rail strategy has warned that a landmark policy to spread population growth outside Sydney in coming decades is destined to fail amid revelations the Coalition has shelved plans to build a dedicated fast rail system.
Prof Andrew McNaughton - the British rail expert who former premier Gladys Berejiklian sought out to develop a fast rail strategy in 2018 and who now chairs the UK's Network Rail High Speed - has expressed disappointment at the apparent deviation from his advice and called on the NSW government to make public his report that has been kept secret for years.
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