'A lot of dollars, not a lot of benefit': Experts call for Suburban Rail Loop to be scrapped | 7.30

On the eve of the Victorian government signing off on a multi-billion dollar contract for Melbourne's Suburban Rail Loop, experts are calling for the project to be halted.

They say the economics for the estimated $200 billion rail loop simply don't stack up. Rhiana Whitson and Lucy Kent report.

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