ALP-affiliated union to call for inner-city development to fund western suburbs transport

By Anna Patty
Updated February 12 2016 - 2:13am, first published 1:15am
Rail, Tram and Bus Union boss Bob Nanva - businesses and property owners near new train stations should be charged a levy which would be invested in new rail projects.  Photo: Marina Neil
Rail, Tram and Bus Union boss Bob Nanva - businesses and property owners near new train stations should be charged a levy which would be invested in new rail projects. Photo: Marina Neil
Labor leader Luke Foley is critical of the NSW government's plan to charge developers a special levy for projects around the pathway of the proposed Parramatta light rail line. . Photo: Darren Pateman
Labor leader Luke Foley is critical of the NSW government's plan to charge developers a special levy for projects around the pathway of the proposed Parramatta light rail line. . Photo: Darren Pateman

A Labor Party-affiliated union is expected to raise controversy within the ALP at the weekend when it calls for the development of high-rise apartments in the inner city to fund public transport in the Western suburbs.

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