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Plans released this week show a proposed rail tunnel connecting Oran Park and Macarthur station will run underneath hundreds of homes in Narellan Vale, Mount Annan and Harrington Park. The proposed rail route can be found in an interactive map released by the state government. The map also contains the proposed route for the M9 Outer Sydney Orbital which will include a motorway and freight rail line. The state government wants to quarantine land enabling development of a North South Rail Line for passenger services to run between St Mary’s in the north and Oran Park and Macarthur in the south, via the new Western Sydney Airport. Hume MP Angus Taylor said the tunnel connecting Oran Park and Macarthur station would not be built for years but planning had to commence. “While development along these corridors will not happen for many years, we have alignment between federal, state and local governments for a vision for where we’re going,” he said. “We need to drive it and make it happen.” Mr Taylor said tunnel sections had been identified between Oran Park and the Main South Line near Macarthur to avoid existing communities as well as to preserve bushland. He urged residents to put in a submission and provide feedback on the proposed tunnel route and the plans for the M9 Outer Sydney Orbital. “Residents, councils, community groups, and local businesses across Camden, Wollondilly, Penrith and Liverpool areas have a couple of months, until 18 May 2018, to speak up on these all important planned corridors,” Mr Taylor said. To provide feedback attend a drop-in session or use the online feedback form.

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