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Melbourne $15.5 Billion Metro Tunnel Set to Open Early Despite Firefighter Union Safety Concerns

The United Firefighters Union is concerned the metro tunnel is unsafe during emergency.
Melbourne $15.5 Billion Metro Tunnel Set to Open Early Despite Firefighter Union Safety Concerns
Then then-Minister for Transport Infrastructure and Minister for Suburban Rail Loop Jacinta Allan (L) and former Premier of Victoria Daniel Andrews (C) with workers pose for a photo underground from the site of the currently being built, State Library station, as part of the Metro Tunnel metropolitan rail infrastructure project in Melbourne, Australia, on Nov. 6, 2020. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images
Monica O’Shea
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The Victorian Labor government will partially open the $15 billion Melbourne Metro tunnel early in December.

Starting construction in 2017, the tunnel connects the Sunbury line in the west to the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines in the southeast, consisting of five new stations.

Monica O’Shea
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Monica O’Shea is a reporter based in Australia. She previously worked as a reporter for Motley Fool Australia, Daily Mail Australia, and Fairfax Regional Media. She can be reached at monica.o'[email protected]