The Herald revealed in September that the government expected the ban to cost the state about $500 million.
Work on close to $8 billion worth of major infrastructure projects – including the new airport and Southwest Metro – was paused within Sydney’s coronavirus red zones between late July and the second week of August.
The Premier joined newly appointed Transport Minister Rob Stokes at the Barangaroo Metro dive site on Friday to inspect the progress of the rail project, which is set to open to the public in 2024.
Track-laying on the 800-metre-long tunnels beneath the harbour has been completed, while more than 650,000 tonnes of crushed rock has been removed from the Barangaroo caverns.
The rail network will span from Sydney’s north-west, through the CBD and on to Bankstown.
“Sydney Metro will transform the way we travel around our great city – the trip deep under Sydney Harbour will take just three minutes between the new Barangaroo Station and Victoria Cross Station at North Sydney.”
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