Liberal/National Coalition
Party policy · Transport
Pause the Suburban Rail Loop; $5 billion for roads
Sourced, pending editorial review. Policies are summarised from each party's official material and independent sources captured on 10 November 2026. Summaries were compiled by automated research and have not yet been checked by a human editor — open the cited source to confirm.
What is being promised
Pause and review the Suburban Rail Loop, and allocate $5 billion to repair and rebuild roads.
How it is intended to work
Halting SRL work pending review; a road maintenance and rebuilding program.
Who may be affected
- Taxpayers
- Communities along the SRL corridor
- Road users, especially in regional Victoria
- Announced cost
- $5 billion for roads
- Funding mechanism
- Not stated on the source page
- Proposed timeline
- Not stated on the source page
- The Nationals list "Pause the Suburban Rail Loop" among their commitments.
- The Nationals say they will allocate $5 billion to fix one million potholes and rebuild roads.
- The PBO tracker lists a Liberals–Nationals commitment to pause and review the SRL.
- A 2024 PBO cost-benefit analysis estimated a benefit-cost ratio of 0.6–0.7 for SRL East and North.
Important uncertainties
- Termination costs of pausing SRL were not stated by the party.
- No published Parliamentary Budget Office costing was found as at 10 Nov 2026.
Positions on key approaches
The Suburban Rail Loop should continue to be built now.
Opposes. Pause and review.
Public transport fares should be capped or made free.
No documented position. No fare position found in captured sources.
Major new funding should go to road repairs and maintenance.
Supports. $5 billion for roads.