Re: [NSW] Road Knowledge For Dummies Part 3

["Goldie" <goldicom@powerup.com.au>]

Except Queensland with its busways and cancelled light rail!!!!!

Goldie


"neumannc" <neumannc@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Dave Proctor wrote:
> >
> >
> > The west of Sydney will become very anti-Labor - Carr promised at the
1995
> > election to remove the tolls from the M4 and M5 - after he was elected,
he
> > found out it would be too costly, and instituted a "CashBack" scheme
> > instead, where you have to open an account with the toll companies, give
> > them oyur credit card details, they hit your card to open an account
with
> > them (so you incur interest charges) and every three months you fill out
an
> > application and the government reimburses you. Most people find it to be
too
> > much hassle and don't bother.
> >
> > BUT - it was announced today that the M4 toll will be going up next week
> > from $1.60 to $2.20. I can see the Libs making an issue of this in
western
> > and south-western electorates, based on the broken promise to lift the
tolls
> > (despite the fact it was a coalition government which approved the
contracts
> > which made them tollways in the first place).
> >
> > Feelings are running hot out here (in Penrith at least) as the planned
> > increase will add $6 per week to the tolls of those travelling to the
city
> > on a daily basis.
>
> Don't forget that after spending $750M on the Eastern Distributor and
> $600M on the Airport Rail Link Carl (I am a westie) Scully is now
> setting up to spend $400M on a 2km Cross City Tunnel - all of these in
> Eastern Sydney.
>
> And what is Western Sydney getting?  Well all that we can see so far is
> a couple of kilometres of unused bus-only roadway in Scully's electorate
> and the continuation of private bus services in Western Sydney.  No
> other forward thinking government in the world is putting public money
> into these poor excuses for rail transport in major corridors.
>
> Chris