00:00Bustling Box Hill.
00:04People try and keep away from the construction site and because at night it's very dark on
00:11the street so some people may think we're already closed.
00:16Michael Yu runs a hot pot and skewer restaurant, but the building's due to be knocked down
00:21to make way for the suburban rail loop.
00:23We're trying very hard to find a new property, but a lot of other businesses in the local
00:30area are just competing with each other.
00:32The eviction date was initially in December, then it was pushed to July next year and now
00:39a letter from the Suburban Rail Loop Authority offering a further reprieve.
00:43The government to take possession in September next year, nine months later than first planned.
00:49We believe some further work's been done by the authority to look at its programming
00:55and not only Michael but other properties have received correspondence extending it
00:58out yet again to September of 2025.
01:03What may be about to happen is that we may see that there's a pause or a pushing out
01:08of the finish date and in my opinion that'd make a lot of sense.
01:12The government insists the first leg of the SRL will be up and running on time in 2035
01:18and on budget under $35 billion, despite cost blowouts on other major projects.
01:25The price tag for the entire suburban rail loop remains a mystery.
01:29This project is ruinously expensive and we still don't have a viable way to pay for it.
01:35In Burwood, Carlo Corallo's 13 townhouses have already been demolished.
01:41The land his migrant father first bought, now a building site.
01:45He and mum saw it as an opportunity of putting together a retirement fund and so we thought
01:54that it would be a nice thing for us also to continue that legacy.
01:59A lost legacy he hopes pays off for the community.
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