Article: Busway ditched, bottlenecks loom

[ozbob]

From the Couriermail 16th March 2012 page 9

Busway ditched, bottlenecks loom

[ozbob]

Rather sad and outrageous, particularly when one considers the failure to ensure the connection between Northern Link and INB as well.

Community is being treated with utter contempt.

[ozbob]

Sent to all outlets:

16th March 2012

The tunnel bus con ....

Greetings,

There is a short article in today's Couriermail 16th March 2012 page 9 'Busway ditched, bottlenecks loom'.



The Airport link has also been used as 'transit-wash' apparently.

Legacy Way is a public transport con as well.  The former Lord Mayor of Brisbane wrote to the ratepayers suggesting up to 2000 express buses would use Northern Link (now known as Legacy Way) a day!  At best a serious misrepresentation at worst an outright lie.
Copy of the letter here --> http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=4459.msg35456#msg35456

Ask the political leaders what are they going to do to ensure proper bus priority.

We are heading for a transport disaster in south-east Queensland.

Interesting reading --> LEAVE YOUR CAR AT HOME AND MOVE TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT WHAT A JOKE! --> http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=7596.0

Best wishes
Robert

Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org
RAIL Back On Track http://backontrack.org

==============

Media release 4 March 2012

SEQ: Legacy way's 2000 daily express buses - we don't believe it Campbell!

RAIL Back On Track (http://backontrack.org) a web based community support group for rail and public transport and an advocate for public transport passengers has highlighted the promise that 'bus users will be able to benefit with up to 2000 express buses able to use Northern Link each day' (1).

Robert Dow, Spokesman for RAIL Back On Track said:

"RAIL Back On Track at the time doubted claims whether 2000 'express' buses per day was truly genuine (see calculations below) and wondered if it was just 'transit-wash', which is using fringe benefits of public transport to curry up favour for a road project whose actual purpose is to provide more road space and resources for car travel (2)."

Calculations

2000 express buses
18 hours per day 2000 buses / 18 hours of service = 111 buses per hour on average
60 minutes in one hour = 3600 seconds in one hour
3600 seconds in one hour / 111 buses per hour
is a bus every 32 seconds
(or assuming all the trips are return trips, a bus a minute).

"One of the most audacious publicly obvious failings in Western Suburbs transport planning was boasting about making a $300 million dollar 'saving' on Legacy Way but then, in the same release, claiming that $50 million dollars could not be found for a bus interconnection to the busway to allow council's own buses to use the Legacy Way (Northern Link Tunnel!"

"The idea of public transport being able to use Legacy way appears to have been set up to fail and nothing but 'transit-wash'.

"Brisbane City Council is continuing its bizarre record of removing bus lanes from Brisbane's most unreliable road - Coronation Drive, so that its own bus services carrying its own ratepayers are all slowed down and bus operating costs for its own fleet are increased."

"Add to that multi million dollar high-visibility Maroon CityGliders that may symbolise improvement to public transport but on further analysis actually reveals that they add zero new mobility and duplicate existing high frequency services."

"RAIL Back On Track again calls for the total abandonment of 'balanced transport' policies and a shift to 'rebalanced transport' based around walking, cycling, buses, ferries and rail."

References

1. http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=4459.msg35456#msg35456

2. Greenwashing, Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwashing

Contact:

Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org
RAIL Back On Track http://backontrack.org

[Jonno]

The rest of the world has studied the results of the failed "road transport experiment" http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=7873.msg90845#msg90845 and are prioritizing transit, cycling and walking over the motor vehicle.  But not in Brisbane.  They are in denial.  The excuse that they just could get the buses to the entrance is just bullsh%t. They just didn't want to!!

Our taxes are just being negligently invested and lies constantly told by both major parties.  Public and active transport is not seen as a sustainable alternative to the motor vehicle but is seen and treated as a Social Service.  

Quite franckly on Election Day I might not use the cardboard box the vote but find somewhere on a local candidate the stick it!

[somebody]

I'm confused.  This bit was always planned to be on street bus lanes.

[SurfRail]

I'm actually very confused about what is and isn't happening now.

The busway was planned to be between Truro Street and Stafford Road only from around 2007-2008 onwards, with bus lanes covering the bit in-between.

[Golliwog]

As far as I can see, what they are referring to is at the northern end of the busway, Northbound buses will continue in a tunnel from Stafford Rd to Sadlier St or there abouts (see nearmap here: http://www.nearmap.com/?q=@-27.407981,153.032207&ll=-27.407981,153.032207&z=18&t=h&nmd=20111107). But because the tunnel comes up on the western side of Gympie Rd, southbound buses will remain on Gympie Rd until Stafford Rd or something. Can't clearly see from nearmap what the plan is there.

[SurfRail]

So in other words what was meant to happen originally except for a bit less tunnel.

[ozbob]

I listened to a person who was part of the community consultation group for this project on ABC radio yesterday afternoon.  According to her only around 15% of the detailed planning was actually revealed as part of the consultations, and only now the real impacts are becoming clear.  Obviously there were better options for bus but not done.

--> interview here!

[Jonno]

As far as I can see, what they are referring to is at the northern end of the busway, Northbound buses will continue in a tunnel from Stafford Rd to Sadlier St or there abouts (see nearmap here: http://www.nearmap.com/?q=@-27.407981,153.032207&ll=-27.407981,153.032207&z=18&t=h&nmd=20111107). But because the tunnel comes up on the western side of Gympie Rd, southbound buses will remain on Gympie Rd until Stafford Rd or something. Can't clearly see from nearmap what the plan is there.

That is what the orginal plan showed the buses entering near Stafford Road.  I suspect thay have opted out of building a link under the Stafford Road intersection and buses will now above ground all the way.  

The article is very confusing. It talks about merging with Gympie Toad traffic (which must be northbound)

[Golliwog]

Nearmap does have a tunnel portal where I linked though, so pretty sure the busway tunnel goes that far. I recall seeing something saying that the tunnel to there will be wide enough to 2 lanes of traffic (ie: buses both ways) but until the busway is extended further north it will only be used for nothbound buses, with southbound buses joining the busway just south of Stafford Rd.

[ozbob]

Smart state transport policy in action ..

[SteelPan]

I'm utterly sick and tired of the negativity of you Queensland objects, I mean, subjects, you the common people daring to question the decisions we elite rulers make!  HOW DARE YOU    We are watching you!

We work hard in this state to deliver for YOU objects the very best - we take the word "WORLD" and we match it up with the word "CLASS" and there you have it, everywhere, "WORLD CLASS"!

For goodness sake, we employ 20,000 MORE public servants than Victoria with a million more people than us, just to give you objects more WORLD CLASSNESS!  (<<<< LOOK we even made it better) and look at the thanks we get - buses are nothing, trains are nothing - WORLD CLASS is Everything!

Now, in penance, sing the Queensland State Anthem (do we have one?) and chant 1,000 times the words - do I have to say them - DOOO IIIIII - "W O R L D   C L A S S"  and never let US hear from you again...the outrage of it.....objects with opinions...

[ozbob]

Sent to outlets:

28 March 2012

Legacy way's 2000 daily express buses - we don't believe it Campbell!

Greetings,

During the recent campaign we tried to highlight the major failure to ensure Legacy Way is actually public transport friendly, as promised in 2010 by then Lord Mayor Brisbane Campbell Newman.

The fact that this project is being supported massively by federal funding, state and council as well, it is simply unbelievable that petty disagreements between the former State Government, and BCC lead to a stalemate with a failure to connect Legacy Way to the Inner Northern Busway.  This means that as stated by Campbell Newman, "up to 2000 express buses daily" will no longer be able to use it. ( http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=7886.0,  and http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=4459.msg35456#msg35456 ). We were conned.  The media was conned.

From   http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=7596.msg86045#msg86045

There is a golden opportunity being lost to tempt CBD workers residing in the Centenary Suburbs, Chappell Hill and the suburbs beyond out of their cars and into buses.
BCC with the assistance of funding by the Qld State and Federal Governments, choose to make no provisions for buses to exit and enter the Legacy Tunnels at the Kelvin Grove end to access the CBD. Alas -Trans Link preferred to put up the fares instead.

Many of the existing bus routes from these locations use the Westfield Shopping Centre as a mid route hub and consequently add more congestion to Moggill Road and Coronation Drive.
Alternatively if a peak hour express banana-bus service could be routed to use the Legacy Tunnels, the existing bus station at Mt Ommaney and an expanded one at Kenmore Shopping Centre would be appropriate locations for feeder services to hub from.
Feeder buses services would not be stalled in traffic snarls and therefore capable of servicing many pockets of suburbs that presently don't have a close bus stop and provide better frequency.
Bus commuter time in peak times to the UBD would be halved or better.
By all means a lesser frequent bus service to Indooroopilly should be retained to service workers in this corridor and also university worker and students.

Under the existing alignment of the tunnels, if a bus route was to be allocated to the CBD, all in-bound buses would have to travel via the Inner City Bypass to the Royal Brisbane Hospital to join the Inner City Bus route back to the City – some extra 5 k/m.

Outbound buses from the CBD would have to do the same but then travel further north via the Federation bus stop in Windsor to gain access to the Legacy Tunnel via the Inner City Bypass - some extra 6 k/m with traffic.
This service would be great for hospital workers and patients but not viable for the more numerous City workers. In off peak times, a bus route to the R.B.Hospital should be considered and thus eliminate patient and visitor parking problems.
 
Has anyone in the design team considered that the CBD return route can be shortened by providing a short, connecting tunnel from the Inner City Bus Way to the portal at the Kelvin Grove end.
This could be an add-on project that would not interfere will the tunnelling from the Toowong end.
With a little more thought, these on/off connections could be designed to accommodate our three wings of emergency services and possibly taxis.
Also with a slight twinking of the tunnel alignment and minimal property resumptions, an underground, above flood level, bus terminal could have been created near ANZ Stadium.

The Airport Link tunnel project is far more flexible and user friendly.
It provides a through route to the Airport Precinct but with a partial bus route and suitable vehicular connections to suburbs within a 5 km radius of the CBD.
In comparison, with the existing design of the Legacy Tunnels, it basically provides only for west to east, Airport and through traffic.

How can the Federal Government inject ½ $billion into the project without making some conditions to include public transportation?
Because of joint funding, our existing 3 levels of Government obviously support the Legacy Tunnels with tolls, but we the public will suffer the financial consequences when the toll returns aren't sufficient to service the loan.

Will there be any money left to upgrade the Western and Centenary Motorways and noise barriers to cope with the possible doubling of traffic flows?
Will the Feds make the same generous donation to our State Government for this missing link?

It is disappointing that such major policy failures are left alone.

We battle on.

Best wishes
Robert

Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org
RAIL Back On Track http://backontrack.org

==================================

Media release 4 March 2012

SEQ: Legacy way's 2000 daily express buses - we don't believe it Campbell!

RAIL Back On Track (http://backontrack.org) a web based community support group for rail and public transport and an advocate for public transport passengers has highlighted the promise that 'bus users will be able to benefit with up to 2000 express buses able to use Northern Link each day' (1).

Robert Dow, Spokesman for RAIL Back On Track said:

"RAIL Back On Track at the time doubted claims whether 2000 'express' buses per day was truly genuine (see calculations below) and wondered if it was just 'transit-wash', which is using fringe benefits of public transport to curry up favour for a road project whose actual purpose is to provide more road space and resources for car travel (2)."

Calculations

2000 express buses
18 hours per day 2000 buses / 18 hours of service = 111 buses per hour on average
60 minutes in one hour = 3600 seconds in one hour
3600 seconds in one hour / 111 buses per hour
is a bus every 32 seconds
(or assuming all the trips are return trips, a bus a minute).

"One of the most audacious publicly obvious failings in Western Suburbs transport planning was boasting about making a $300 million dollar 'saving' on Legacy Way but then, in the same release, claiming that $50 million dollars could not be found for a bus interconnection to the busway to allow council's own buses to use the Legacy Way (Northern Link Tunnel!"

"The idea of public transport being able to use Legacy way appears to have been set up to fail and nothing but 'transit-wash'.

"Brisbane City Council is continuing its bizarre record of removing bus lanes from Brisbane's most unreliable road - Coronation Drive, so that its own bus services carrying its own ratepayers are all slowed down and bus operating costs for its own fleet are increased."

"Add to that multi million dollar high-visibility Maroon CityGliders that may symbolise improvement to public transport but on further analysis actually reveals that they add zero new mobility and duplicate existing high frequency services."

"RAIL Back On Track again calls for the total abandonment of 'balanced transport' policies and a shift to 'rebalanced transport' based around walking, cycling, buses, ferries and rail."

References

1. http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=4459.msg35456#msg35456

2. Greenwashing, Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwashing

Contact:

Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org
RAIL Back On Track http://backontrack.org

[ozbob]

From the Couriermail Quest click here!

Longer trips for bus commuters after Legacy Way bus link goes begging

Longer trips for bus commuters after Legacy Way bus link goes begging

    by: Sherine Conyers, Westside News
    From: Quest Newspapers
    April 03, 2012 12:00AM

It could potentially halve the duration of many westside bus trips but a proposed link between the Legacy Way tunnel and the Inner Northern Busway appears to be dead in the water.

Despite the estimated cost being just a quarter of 1 per cent of the project's overall $1.5 billion cost, the former State Government was unable to come to a funding agreement with Brisbane City Council, which is in charge of the project.

New Transport Minister and Member for Indooroopilly Scott Emerson said it was early days but he had to "look at the books" to see how much money was available for a range of transport projects.

"I'm very aware it's an option but I'm also aware it's got a $30 million price tag on it," he said.

"I suspect the former government has understated how much money is owed."

"Legacy way as a project itself is a great project for many people in my electorate because of the amount of traffic it will take off, or ease, also in terms of travel along the Centenary Highway and the Western Freeway," he said.

Public transport lobby group Rail Back on Track spokesman Robert Dow said not building the link was missing an enormous opportunity to provide better public transport for the "poorly serviced" Centenary suburbs and help ease congestion on some of the Brisbane's most congested roads.

"It is simply unbelievable that petty disagreements between the former State Government and Brisbane City Council led to a stalemate with a failure to connect Legacy Way to the Inner Northern Busway," he said.

"If buses use the present configuration of Legacy Way they're going to have to go out the back of Herston somewhere and turn back to get in to the city," he said.

Mr Dow said the link would provide the options for super-fast express services to the city from Indooroopilly and areas further west.

"It really does improve options for people in the Centenary suburbs out that side of town, which at the moment is very poorly served by public transport because of those road congestion issues.

"If they can get on Legacy way it will make a public transport a lot more attractive option for people," he said.

Brisbane City Council Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said the former Labor State Government had failed to support the connection.

"The initial plan was to link Legacy Way with the Inner Northern Busway but unfortunately the Labor State Government at the time wouldn't provide the needed funding so it didn't go ahead," he said.

"We will continue to look at other options to support this link but even without a direct connection, Legacy Way will still provide bus services with substantial time savings," he said.

Once completed, Legacy Way will connect the Western Freeway with the Inner City Bypass.

[ozbob]

Media release 3 April 2012

SEQ: Centenary - CBD Rocket buses?

RAIL Back On Track (http://backontrack.org) a web based community support group for rail and public transport and an advocate for public transport passengers has highlighted the need for a bus interconnection between the Inner Northern Busway and Legacy way (1, 2, 3).

Gavin Seipelt, Brisbane West Region Spokesperson for RAIL Back On Track said:

"This bus interconnection, if built, will allow peak hour express and rocket services in the Western Suburbs to do their run in the Centenary Suburbs, and then head down the Centenary Highway into the Legacy Way tunnel for a non-stop super-express trip direct into the CBD via Roma Street Busway and Railway Station."

"It is no secret that the Centenary Suburbs, along with the inner eastern suburbs such as Bulimba and the northwestern suburbs such as Eatonvale, are situated in public transport 'no-go' zones. The Legacy Way interconnection will mean that trips can be faster, and this actually saves money from the bus operator's perspective, a time saving that will also allow more services to be put on."

"RAIL Back On Track believes that for $30 million dollars, this is good value for money. To compare, it is less than the cost of one kilometre of light rail, heavy rail or busway. The cost of this could be split into half, in recognition that TransLink will benefit by having lower costs to operate peak hour buses to the Western Suburbs, and also in recognition that BCC ratepayers will be the main beneficiaries of the interconnection. A second way of funding the interconnection would be to extend the toll period of the tunnel to recoup costs, which would allow toll prices to remain unchanged."

"Fixing public transport in Centenary Suburbs is an important task, and this interconnection is one of many things that can be done relatively quickly and cheaply. There is also a need to re-organise, simplify and boost frequency (BUZ 400) in the Centenary Suburbs."

References:

1. Longer trips for bus commuters after Legacy Way bus link goes begging http://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/west/longer-trips-for-bus-commuters-after-legacy-way-bus-link-goes-begging/story-fn8m0u4y-1226316729445

2. SEQ: Core Frequent Network: Centenary Residents' push for Centenary BUZ http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=7935.0

3. Centenary of Transport Neglect, Courier-Mail http://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/south/commuter-group-wants-better-services-in-the-western-corridor/story-fn8m0tyy-1226311445730

Contacts:

Gavin Seipelt
Brisbane West Region Spokesperson for RAIL Back On Track

Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org
RAIL Back On Track http://backontrack.org

[ozbob]

Sent to all outlets:

Re: SEQ: Centenary - CBD Rocket buses?

4 April 2012

Greetings,

There has been a strong community response to the Legacy Way bus failure.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/west/longer-trips-for-bus-commuters-after-legacy-way-bus-link-goes-begging/story-fn8m0u4y-1226316729445

The Queensland Government needs to move on this and make good the former Lord Mayor of Brisbane's committment of ' up to 2000 express buses will use it daily ' ...

NO BRAINER!  Half a billion dollars spent on the Eastern Busway for limited benefit, $30million for fix up Legacy Way for a massive benefit.

Government for the community or mates?

Best wishes
Robert

Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org
RAIL Back On Track http://backontrack.org

Media release 3 April 2012

SEQ: Centenary - CBD Rocket buses?

RAIL Back On Track (http://backontrack.org) a web based community support group for rail and public transport and an advocate for public transport passengers has highlighted the need for a bus interconnection between the Inner Northern Busway and Legacy way (1, 2, 3).

Gavin Seipelt, Brisbane West Region Spokesperson for RAIL Back On Track said:

"This bus interconnection, if built, will allow peak hour express and rocket services in the Western Suburbs to do their run in the Centenary Suburbs, and then head down the Centenary Highway into the Legacy Way tunnel for a non-stop super-express trip direct into the CBD via Roma Street Busway and Railway Station."

"It is no secret that the Centenary Suburbs, along with the inner eastern suburbs such as Bulimba and the northwestern suburbs such as Eatonvale, are situated in public transport 'no-go' zones. The Legacy Way interconnection will mean that trips can be faster, and this actually saves money from the bus operator's perspective, a time saving that will also allow more services to be put on."

"RAIL Back On Track believes that for $30 million dollars, this is good value for money. To compare, it is less than the cost of one kilometre of light rail, heavy rail or busway. The cost of this could be split into half, in recognition that TransLink will benefit by having lower costs to operate peak hour buses to the Western Suburbs, and also in recognition that BCC ratepayers will be the main beneficiaries of the interconnection. A second way of funding the interconnection would be to extend the toll period of the tunnel to recoup costs, which would allow toll prices to remain unchanged."

"Fixing public transport in Centenary Suburbs is an important task, and this interconnection is one of many things that can be done relatively quickly and cheaply. There is also a need to re-organise, simplify and boost frequency (BUZ 400) in the Centenary Suburbs."

References:

1. Longer trips for bus commuters after Legacy Way bus link goes begging http://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/west/longer-trips-for-bus-commuters-after-legacy-way-bus-link-goes-begging/story-fn8m0u4y-1226316729445

2. SEQ: Core Frequent Network: Centenary Residents' push for Centenary BUZ http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=7935.0

3. Centenary of Transport Neglect, Courier-Mail http://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/south/commuter-group-wants-better-services-in-the-western-corridor/story-fn8m0tyy-1226311445730

Contacts:

Gavin Seipelt
Brisbane West Region Spokesperson for RAIL Back On Track

Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org
RAIL Back On Track http://backontrack.org

[ozbob]

Sent to all outlets:

21 June 2012

"Legacy way's 2000 daily express buses"

Greetings,

During the recent election campaigns we tried to highlight the major failure to ensure Legacy Way is actually public transport friendly, as promised in 2010 by then Lord Mayor Brisbane Campbell Newman.

As the BCC Budget has revealed Legacy Way is a legacy around rate payers' necks.

The fact that this project is being supported massively by federal funding, state and council as well, it is simply unbelievable that petty disagreements between the former State Government and BCC lead to a stalemate with a failure to connect Legacy Way to the Inner Northern Busway.  This means that as stated by then Lord Mayor Campbell Newman, "up to 2000 express buses daily" will no longer be able to use it. ( http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=7886.0,  and http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=4459.msg35456#msg35456 ). We were conned.  The media was conned.

From   http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=7596.msg86045#msg86045

    There is a golden opportunity being lost to tempt CBD workers residing in the Centenary Suburbs, Chappell Hill and the suburbs beyond out of their cars and into buses.
     BCC with the assistance of funding by the Qld State and Federal Governments, choose to make no provisions for buses to exit and enter the Legacy Tunnels at the Kelvin Grove end to access the CBD. Alas -Trans Link preferred to put up the fares instead.

     Many of the existing bus routes from these locations use the Westfield Shopping Centre as a mid route hub and consequently add more congestion to Moggill Road and Coronation Drive.
     Alternatively if a peak hour express banana-bus service could be routed to use the Legacy Tunnels, the existing bus station at Mt Ommaney and an expanded one at Kenmore Shopping Centre would be appropriate locations for feeder services to hub from.
     Feeder buses services would not be stalled in traffic snarls and therefore capable of servicing many pockets of suburbs that presently don't have a close bus stop and provide better frequency.
     Bus commuter time in peak times to the UBD would be halved or better.
     By all means a lesser frequent bus service to Indooroopilly should be retained to service workers in this corridor and also university worker and students.

     Under the existing alignment of the tunnels, if a bus route was to be allocated to the CBD, all in-bound buses would have to travel via the Inner City Bypass to the Royal Brisbane Hospital to join the Inner City Bus route back to the City – some extra 5 k/m.

     Outbound buses from the CBD would have to do the same but then travel further north via the Federation bus stop in Windsor to gain access to the Legacy Tunnel via the Inner City Bypass - some extra 6 k/m with traffic.
     This service would be great for hospital workers and patients but not viable for the more numerous City workers. In off peak times, a bus route to the R.B.Hospital should be considered and thus eliminate patient and visitor parking problems.
   
     Has anyone in the design team considered that the CBD return route can be shortened by providing a short, connecting tunnel from the Inner City Bus Way to the portal at the Kelvin Grove end.
     This could be an add-on project that would not interfere will the tunnelling from the Toowong end.
     With a little more thought, these on/off connections could be designed to accommodate our three wings of emergency services and possibly taxis.
     Also with a slight twinking of the tunnel alignment and minimal property resumptions, an underground, above flood level, bus terminal could have been created near ANZ Stadium.

     The Airport Link tunnel project is far more flexible and user friendly.
     It provides a through route to the Airport Precinct but with a partial bus route and suitable vehicular connections to suburbs within a 5 km radius of the CBD.
     In comparison, with the existing design of the Legacy Tunnels, it basically provides only for west to east, Airport and through traffic.

     How can the Federal Government inject ½ $billion into the project without making some conditions to include public transportation?
     Because of joint funding, our existing 3 levels of Government obviously support the Legacy Tunnels with tolls, but we the public will suffer the financial consequences when the toll returns aren't sufficient to service the loan.

     Will there be any money left to upgrade the Western and Centenary Motorways and noise barriers to cope with the possible doubling of traffic flows?
     Will the Feds make the same generous donation to our State Government for this missing link?

It is disappointing that such major policy failures and blunders are left alone and we dance along in fantasy land.

We battle on.

Best wishes
Robert

Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org
RAIL Back On Track http://backontrack.org