Sydney Airport Interchange Proceeds Despite $1.4 Billion Federal Funding Cut

The NSW treasurer said it seemed the federal government had pulled the money ‘knowing full well that we were going to have to still deliver the project.’ 

A general view of a near empty Sydney Opera House forecourt in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 20, 2021. Brook Mitchell/Getty Images

The interchange connecting Sydney’s new airport to two motorways will still be built, but the state budget will be $1.4 billion short after the federal government cut infrastructure funding.

Last week, federal Infrastructure Minister Catherine King announced funding would be cut for 50 “high-risk” infrastructure projects nationwide to curb spending after a $33 billion budget blowout.