Re: NT chief warns of rail project collapse

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

"Maurie Daly" <mauried@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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| Does anyone find this explanation a bit dodgy?
| If by the above , we are led to beleive that the Consortium has raised
| $630 M out of the $700 M , ie the project is just $70 M short ,then
| why not simply go ahead with the project but re design part of the
| project so that it costs less.

Sounds like the Sydney Airport Line, where it wasn't going to cost the
taxpayer a cent and they ended up fronting $700m of the $900m cost.