The newly elected federal authorities says Melbourne's maligned East West Hyperlink is formally "useless" on the identical day as development started on the Suburban Rail Loop.
Infrastructure Minister Catherine King declared the $4 billion introduced by the earlier authorities for the East West Hyperlink nonexistent, saying there is not any cash put aside to construct it.
"There is not any cash, there's completely no cash. It is a full fraud," King stated.
"It is useless within the water so far as we're involved."
The federal government has allotted $2 billion into the $35 billion Suburban Rail Loop construct to date, with extra anticipated to be introduced.
Premier Daniel Andrews marked the second the digger broke floor on the loop, by assembly graduates employed to assist construct it at this time.
"Each public transport and roads merely will not operate with out this mission," he stated.
Stretching 26 kilometres from Cheltenham to Field Hill, step certainly one of stage one is beginning small, with a brand new 650 metre sewer line.
"Cheltenham to Field Hill, simply 22 minutes," Andrews stated.
Opposition chief Matthew Man stated the cash put apart for the loop wasn't accountable.
"The idea of a lot of issues are good, however if you happen to're simply going to throw a clean cheque, it isn't accountable," he stated.