Re: [NSW]SRA billed $15m for airport link's shortfalls

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

> Gnome 412 wrote:
>
> > The owners of the Sydney Airport rail link are demanding more than $15
> > million in compensation from the State Rail Authority in the wake of the
> > failure of the $900 million project to attract enough passengers.
> >
> > http://www.smh.com.au/news/0011/17/national/national1.html


*The Opposition spokesman on transport, Mr Barry O'Farrell, was also critical.
"It underscores the fact that the airport link was a good idea incompetently
carried out by State Rail," he said.

"The Government's failure to deliver the fourth generation trains has hurt the
airport rail service and taxpayers look again at footing the bill."*

Is this guy just an utter dick or what.