A new plan to connect a tram line to the beleaguered Fishermans Bend precinct still has no completion date, leading to fears even more developers will abandon the planned suburb.

Fishermans Bend is the largest urban renewal project in Australia and is envisaged to be home to 80,000 residents and 80,000 jobs by 2050, but the lack of public transport has throttled development on the 480-hectare peninsula south-west of the CBD.

The lack of transport is slowing developments in Fishermans Bend. Credit: Joe Armao

Earlier this month, the University of Melbourne suspended plans to build a $2 billion campus there, which had been predicated on the state government building a tram line by 2025.

On Friday, a public holiday, the Department of Transport and Planning quietly released an Int

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