Councillor's push to link Wollongong's beach and CBD with light rail system

Kate McIlwain
October 21 2019 - 1:00am
Setting an example: Councillor John Dorahy says Wollongong's CBD and suburbs could benefit from light rail, like in Newcastle as pictured, or trackless trams. Picture: Marina Neil
Setting an example: Councillor John Dorahy says Wollongong's CBD and suburbs could benefit from light rail, like in Newcastle as pictured, or trackless trams. Picture: Marina Neil

A light rail system could run through Wollongong's main street in the coming years, connecting the beach to the CBD, if one city councillor gets his way.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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