Re: All Aboard the Bondi Tram

["chris@enet21.com.au" <chris@enet21.com.au>]

They would be better off spending the money out in the western suburbs where
public transport is non existent than building  a new line of any sort to Bondi.

Compared to the west syd.  Bondi already  has  very good public transport
system.
Is Bondi part of Bob Carrs seat?

Chris



Lourie Smit wrote:

> Following is the text of another letter from the Daily Telegraph on Saturday
> 5/2/00:-
>
> " Why not consider light rail - the Bondi tram - as a cheaper and more
> useful option for transport in the Bondi Basin?
> A light railway from Bondi Junction to the beach would cost only a fifth of
> the price of the proposed heavy rail, would have stops all along the route
> and would more honestly serve the community with cheap and accessible
> transport.
> Not only would it be more sensible to reinstate the Bondi tram; it would
> also mean residents would not have to endure at least two years of heavy
> truck movements through Waverley and neighbouring suburbs as rock is carted
> from the tunnel excavation, and concrete brought in.
> It would keep public parks for public use - there would be no station in
> Bondi Park and Waverley Oval wouldn't be a construction site.
> The Bondi Heavy Rail link proposal is an infrastructure solution looking for
> a problem, and Transport Minister Carl Sculley is not considering the real
> transport needs of Bondi's residents and visitors.
> Bring back the Bondi tram and forget this impudent heavy rail plan. It can
> only massacre Waverley as we know it.
>
> Mora Main, Waverley"
>
> Personally I do not agree with this letter at all. In my younger days when I
> wanted to go to the beach from the Western Suburns we usually went to
> Cronulla rather than Bondi because we could get there by one mode of
> transport. A light rail from Bondi Junction to Bondi Beach is not going to
> solve that. The proposal for a light rail may be good for the locals it will
> not solve the overall problem for people wanting to get to Bondi Beach. The
> heavy rail will solve that problem.