A summit this week raised hopes that trees and light rail could breathe new life into the notorious ‘scar through the heart’ of the city. But after so many failed plans, the roads minister says he won’t rush into ‘another vision’
Abandoned shopfronts, bleak car yards, crumbling concrete, raw sewage and a reliable stream of traffic and smashed bus mirrors.
It sounds more like a war-ravaged dystopia than a key artery through Australia’s largest city – but premiers and planners have vowed to turn it into the Champs-Élysées of Sydney.
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