A senior minister was misled in briefings that ushered in the silent axing of safety upgrades for a major Sydney intersection, triggering a chaotic backflip that protracted delays on a project that has left residents in limbo more than four years after they endorsed the original plan.

A now-abandoned proposal to erase 85 per cent of upgrades to Sydney Park Junction was set in motion in November 2023, after then-transport minister Jo Haylen signed off on plans to “reduce scope” amid warnings that the original project, which included safer pedestrian crossings and cycling links, could no longer be delivered amid “significant cost escalation pressures”.

Jo Haylen revoked her support for plans that would’ve slashed safety upgrades at Sydney Park Junction while she was transport minister. T

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