More delays dog Sydney's $2.1 billion light rail line amid backroom squabbling

By Matt O'Sullivan
Updated December 5 2016 - 6:13am, first published 5:30am
Construction of the light rail line along George Street shows few signs of progress.  Photo: Steven Siewert
Construction of the light rail line along George Street shows few signs of progress. Photo: Steven Siewert
Sections on George Street remain far from finished as deadlines loom. Photo: Steven Siewert
Sections on George Street remain far from finished as deadlines loom. Photo: Steven Siewert
Missed deadlines: work on the corner of George, Bridge and Grosvenor Streets. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
Missed deadlines: work on the corner of George, Bridge and Grosvenor Streets. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

Sydneysiders face further delays to the completion of the $2.1 billion light rail line along George Street in the central city, and other stretches of the route in the eastern suburbs, amid backroom squabbles between the state government and contractors.