Opposition leader John Pesutto has pledged to try cancel the Suburban Rail Loop project if his government is elected in 2026.

The entire project is tipped to cost $216.7 billion, with the first part between Cheltenham and Box Hill already under construction.

Mr Pesutto told Jacqui Felgate the state couldn’t afford to push on with the expensive transport project considering the other “urgent needs” in Victoria.

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“If we can (cancel the Suburban Rail Loop then we) certainly will,” he said on 3AW Drive.

“We can’t afford to be spending whatever it’s going to cost, and the big problem with that is it isn’t going to address the urgent needs that are mounting around our state.”

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