Re: Holistic Govt Rail decisions ????

["James C" <noemail@emailsux.com>]

David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> 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.
Is VHST=Speedrail??? if it is I though Speedrail 's decision suppose to be
made sometime this month....

Cheers
James


> Cheers
> David