Re: Road vs Rail

[Tell <tell@hate.spammers.com.au>]

More money on roads yet again.  The gov has announced
that big mobs of "unexpected" tax receipts will be
spent on rural roads.

Of course the ALP has said the money should give relief
to high petrol prices.  
Notice their pitch for the populist vote as well.! 
Same thing different angle.

I can feel an election coming on. 

....Tell


>mauried@tpg.com.au (Maurie Daly) wrote:
>
> There is far more spent on road than on rail,but its a difficult
> question to answer when one gets to who spends the money and on what.
> The Feds spend a fair amount on the National Highway System and on
> roads of national significance whilst the States spend a lot on more
> local roads.
> Neither State or the Feds spend very much at all on rail.
>  Obviously more spending on rail by either the Feds or the States
> would be beneficial,but neither have shown any inclination to do so.
> In my view ,this problem will not be solved whilst ownership of rail
> in this country remains in the hands of Governments ,as the non
> spending on rail is a bi partisan policy.
> 
> What little money is spent on rail,is also poorly spent.
> We have a situation where the SA,NT and the Feds are spending $450 M
> to get the AP to darwin line built , when the same amount spent on
> fixing the shocking rail alignments on the east coast would provide
> far more benefit.
> Unfortunately fixing up existing infrastructure doesnt attract
> anywhere as more political glory as having some one like the PM
> opening a brand new line.
> 
> MD
>