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Rachael Ward

UNCOVERED: Exit strategy call amid doubt over rail loop benefits - The Untold Story

A report calls for more rigorous assessment to justify why the rail loop is a priority for Victoria. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Fresh doubt has been cast on the cost of a major infrastructure project that will take decades to complete as an assessment found its benefits had been "overstated".

An Infrastructure Australia report on Melbourne's Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) urged the state government create an "exit strategy" in case the orbital train line cannot be delivered.

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