Re: [NSW] Airport Line 1994 EIS

["Bill McNiven" <wmcniven@gunzel.ozemail.com.au>]

geoffrah wrote in message <392d038b$0$2632@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>...
>With all the fuss about the Airport Link it was interesting to view the
>orginal 1994 EIS for the project. The justification for the project in the
>EIS ;
>    "relief to congestion between Sydneham & Erskineville allowing deferral
>of Sydenham 6 tracks project at a saving of $65 million (1991),
>Provision of frequent airport service during peak periods whilst serving
the
>MAIN COMMUTER MARKET (my emphasis),avoiding the need to purchase
specialised
>rolling stock , and provision of a direct link between Sydney Airport and
>Badgerys Creek Airport"
>This was all in black and white in 1994 - so why all the fuss in 2000 ?


Mea Culpa!  I was not a Sydney resident in 1994 and I never read the EIS.
Sorry!

I just naively assumed from the Transfield Burgoynes publicity that "Airport
Link" implied suitable transport from the CBD for long-distance airline
travellers (something like the Heathrow Express or at least the Washington
metro at Reagan National).  This was indeed a stupid assumption and I'll
shut up shortly.

Maybe copies of the EIS could be provided to passengers waiting at
International and Domestic?

BTW, if there were a need for an additional two tracks from Erskineville
Junction to Sydenham, how did a $750M underground line win out over a $65M
surface line?

Rgds and apologies

Bill