Sydney CBD light rail construction: workers to rip up same stretch of CBD roadway and re-lay it 24 times

By Matt O'Sullivan
Updated June 27 2016 - 5:08pm, first published 4:24pm
Diggers rip up roadway on the intersection of George, Bridge and Grosvenor streets in Sydney's CBD on Saturday. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
Diggers rip up roadway on the intersection of George, Bridge and Grosvenor streets in Sydney's CBD on Saturday. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
Workers prepare the road surface on Sunday for resealing at the busy intersection on George Street. Photo: James Alcock
Workers prepare the road surface on Sunday for resealing at the busy intersection on George Street. Photo: James Alcock

For 24 consecutive weekends, workers on Sydney's $2.1 billion light rail line will follow a routine of ripping up the same stretch of roadway before re-laying asphalt and painting road markings less than two days later.

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