Re: VFT/Sydney's Second airport (newspaper article)

[Richard <richard_snook@primus.com.au>]

Dave Proctor wrote:
>
> What nobody seems to be saying (apart from those who are interested in both
> trains AND planes) is that given the number of aircraft movements on the
> Sunshine Coast / Brisbane / Gold Coast / Newcastle / Sydney / Canberra /
> Melbourne corridor, a high speed railway from Brisbane to Melbourne via
> Sydney would remove just about all of the air traffic from this corridor
> (apart from BNE/MEL where the rail journey time would be uncompetitive with
> the flight time) thus eliminating the need for a second SYD region airport
> for a very long time to come.
> 
> Dave

YEP so logical it hurts!!  and far too simple for the simpletons (pollies) to
grasp...it all comes downto vested interest...not common sense or fiscal
responsibility!!

nurse..medicine please!!

cheers >:~)) Richard