Re: Billion dollar fast rail claim

["Peter Berrett" <pberrett@optushome.com.au>]

The other side of the coin is that the project might only cost $550
million - in which case there would not need to be any funding from the
private sector!

cheers peter

David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
news:3AC16398.9ECD1B65@fang.omni.com.au...
> The cost of the Victorials fast rail project could blow out to over a
> billion dollars, according to the State Opposition. Opposition Public
> Transport spokesman Geoff Leigh said a presentation to potential
> investors in December showed the project's $810 million construction
> cost had a variable of plus or minus 30 per cent - potentially blowing
> out the cost to more than a billion dollars.
>
>
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