Re: Holistic Govt Rail decisions ????

[dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

Maurie Daly (mauried@tpg.com.au) wrote:
> Interesting article in todays Canberra paper ,where the Lord mayors of both 
> Sydney & Melb are hassling the Federal Govt to make some sort of decision on 
> the VHST and quickly.

> Heres the killer.
> A spokesman for John Anderson said the decison was taking some time as it was 
> being made in the wider context of a transport strategy and that when the 
> decison is made it will be a "holistic decision" ..

> So fellow readers , what the hell is a holistic decision and is it likely in 
> this century,

Reading between the lines, Anderson is trying to decide if the VHST means
they can avoid making a decision on Badgery's Creek.

Extending it to Melbourne would take a significant number of flights out
of Sydney airport. 25% of existing air passengers (or 1.3 million per
year) moving to Speedrail would free up about 6 slots per hour at Sydney
(3 takeoff and 3 landing). 10 slots per hour if you include Canberra
patronage. Probably another 16 slots per day if you include most/all of
the Albury traffic. There would also be a proportional decrease in air
traffic in Melbourne and Canberra.

Taking the VHST to Melbourne would eliminate about 120 aircraft movements
per day.

It could be made this century, as there is still 5.5 months of the 20th
century left (no arguments). The VHST is being presented to Cabinet in
August.

Cheers
David