The New South Wales government hyped up the Sydney light rail project before technical difficulties were fully known a report says.
Screenshots of a 2016 review by Transport for NSW experts, entitled lessons for rail, and released by Labor leader Luke Foley’s office, shows changes to the design of the $2.1bn project triggered delays and hefty costs.
The report warned the project would be blamed or delayed when it failed to meet “unrealistic expectations”.
Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, says she had not seen the leaked report, but she is pushing for the light rail to be finished a year early.