Re: $4b transport plan to ease petrol heat

[mauried@tpg.com.au (Maurie Daly)]

On Thu, 19 Oct 2000 06:25:46 +1100, Paul Blair <pblair@pcug.org.au>
wrote:

>This is very dangerous stuff.
>
>Building roads is one thing, keeping the asset is another. Having sold
>the airport to pay for the roads, what will be sold to pay for their
>upkeep?  Is there anything left to sell (except Telstra)?
>
>The irony is that, with higher fuel prices, traffic volumes on many
>roads will plateau or reduce. The money will be spent on fewer
>users/voters. Maybe that's it...
>
>Paul Blair
>Canberra
>