Mayors unite against metro (Inner West Courier)

Mayors Against the Metro, a joint initiative by Leichhardt and Hills Shire councils, is gaining recruits quicker than you can say "metro madness", with 15 councils signing up to the campaign to see the NSW Government's pet project dumped.

The group includes councillors from Blacktown, Pittwater, Hornsby, North Sydney, Woollahra, Camden, Hawkesbury, Fairfield, Manly, Dubbo, Lake Macquarie, Holroyd, Rockdale and Waverley and has developed its own list of priorities for the government's transport budget, which includes building heavy rail links to Sydney's northwest and southwest.

Completing the Chatswood-to Parramatta extension, as well as the light rail link between Lilyfield and Dulwich Hill are also top priorities.

According to Leichhardt Mayor Jamie Parker , the campaign against the metro is gathering pace, buoyed by the recent Local Government Association meeting in Tamworth which passed a motion calling on the government to shelve the metro.

"The more we learn, the more reason there is to oppose this project," Cr Parker said.

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In 2020, we won the campaign for a Glebe ferry. Now, we have the opportunity to connect more of our area to the ferry network. New ferries at Annandale and West Balmain will provide a faster, smarter route into the city without adding to the traffic on our roads.

Both Labor and the Liberals want to build more polluting and destructive tollways across Sydney. But we have costed a comprehensive plan for a world-class public transport system that makes getting around our city fast and easy.

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