Re: [Melb] Old railway line

[The Vegemite Kid <gumsucker@hotmail.com>]

On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 17:35:53 +1300, David McLoughlin
<davemcl@NO***damned***SPAMiprolink.co.nz> wrote:

>Anthony Morton wrote:
>
> Admittedly a tram
>> deviating via Chadstone Rd / Poath Rd would probably be more convenient for
>> all the Chaddie shoppers.
>> 
>
>There have been proposals since a 1968 Melbourne transport report to
>extend the No 3 tram to Chadstone. I seem to recall a comment in this
>group some long time ago that the manager/owner (?) of the shopping
>centre was opposed to public transport access. Is that right?
>
>Who owns the Chadstone mall now? Westfield? That damned company has just
>taken over most of NZ's shopping malls and believe me it has been for
>the worst. They have also just announced plans to build a massive mall,
>11 floors high, with parking for tens of thousands of cars, right in the
>middle of an already highly congested inner suburb just down the road
>from me.
>
>David McLoughlin
>Auckland New Zealand

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