Opposition Media Release: Translink agreement bungle not good enough

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Fiona Simpson MP  Member for Maroochydore

Translink agreement bungle not good enough

Friday, 26 June 2009

News that a service agreement between Translink and QR Passenger is yet to be signed is the latest in a long list of Labor Government bungles.

Shadow Minister for Transport, Fiona Simpson said the lack of planning the State Government continues display is astounding.

?You have to wonder if this Government can get anything right when it comes to transport,? Ms Simpson said.

?We have one planning bungle after another and it is commuters who continually suffer for it.

?The Auditor General's report earlier this week revealed a lack of coordination and planning in SEQ, then came the news that Ministers can?t even be bothered to attend planning meetings.

?Now we see a last minute rush to sign a rail agreement which reveals there are serious problems in delivering services to meet the growing needs of commuters.?

Ms Simpson said the community had every right to be fed up with the ongoing transport problems of South East Queensland.

?If the State Government?s ?phone a friend? Ministers can?t lift their game and start getting the basics of planning right then motorists and commuters had better get used to traffic stand-stills.

?The excuses and promises to do better when no action is taken to improve the situation are simply not good enough.

?This Government can?t plan, can?t build and definitely can?t deliver.?