Now, the Opposition says the Government has failed the residents of the north-west in its four-page response to the upper house inquiry recommendations into the transport needs of the region.

The measly response is typical of a government out of touch and out of ideas. It's also woefully inadequate, local Liberal MPs say.

``Many hundreds of qualified people elected representatives, councillors, mayors and residents gave up their valuable time to contribute to the upper house inquiry last year, because of the need to provide this area with suitable public transport,'' Hawkesbury MP Ray Williams said.

``They have been ignored and rejected, demonstrating once again this state Labor Government is intent on ignoring the new growth area of the Hawkesbury-Hills which has provided billions of dollars in stamp duty to

its coffers over the past decade.''

It's a government intent on spending $5 billion of taxpayers' money on an inner-city Metro that nobody wants.

The Opposition has demanded that there be an escape clause in the inner-city Metro contract, that will enable a new government to cancel the project after 2011 and inject the billions saved into the much-needed North-West Rail Line.

Meanwhile, a report commissioned by the Rail Tram and Bus Union reveals that almost 25,000 jobs would be created and $1.38billion injected into the state's economy if the State Government were to build three ``shovel ready'' infrastructure projects.