the city of sydney planned to provide $220 million towards the light rail project. this would include money for public domain works on george street and surrounding laneways. the centrepiece of these works was to be a large arch structure known as cloud arch located outside the sydney town hall, however it was cancelled in late 2018 after cost blowouts. cloud arch would have acted as a gateway to the pedestrian section of george street, with trams passing underneath it.