UN 245: Metro Tunnels Everywhere? CL Fouvy's grand scheme for 2025

Executive Summary: A look at the legacy of CL Fouvy, a transport engineer who identified the need for SRL-style orbital rail lines as early as 1975 and proposed a massive suburban rail grid for completion in 2025. It's fair to say that this State Government has had some difficulties with the Suburban Rail Loop project in the last few weeks. New Premier Ben Carroll regards it as a lower priority than his predecessors did. Construction will proceed but with cost reductions that lessen connectivity to its stations. The Auditor-General found the project was unlikely to be completed on schedule. And that some funding will come from a fares levy that was not disclosed to the public. The premier said he'll not continue with the levy but that would leave a gap that still needs to be filled somehow. SRL East, due to its entirely tunnelled nature, substantial stations, construction during an inflationary period and the special difficulties the Anglosphere has with containing construction costs…