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Re: NSW State Rail...a nightmare that is getting worse



I remember Neville Wran trying to put sides on the Sinny Bridge. He had
support from all the best engineers, of course.

Ike

"Hubert Lam"
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> >
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> I truely believe that a great public transport system can't be run with
all these beuraucracies and
> political motivation (to pull votes). Public transport is for the good of
everyone, not just for
> people in this electorate or people in that electorate. I do feel that
even if politics has to be in
> public transport that the decisions made must be for a long term good, not
just for short term. The
> Harbour Bridge was a great example--it was built to the size it is,
bearing in mind that "Sydney
> would expand and a lot more traffic will use it". Of course Sydney has
expanded much more, but at
> least we didn't need "side lane extensions" to our coathanger like
Auckland did with their harbour
> bridge! And even then do we still need a harbour tunnel.
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