Re: Trams in Newcastle again?

["Trig Lycerides" <Trig.Lycerides@bigpond.com>]

i have no doubt that the real plan is to close the railway and flog off the
land at bargain basement prices, generate some paltry rates for the council
and inconvenience the citizens of newcastle and surrounding areas such as
port stephens.  there is no way that the newcastle council will commit any
funds to introduce a light rail line after the heavy one has been ripped up.
governments are not presently into committing any funds for infrastucture
and anyone who thinks so is fooling themselves - take a look at the alice to
darwin project - it will definitely not go ahead, but howard, olsen and
buffoon burke from the nt will fool people into thinking it will every time
there is an election.  novocastrians are a hell of a lot smarter, i would
have thought.
trig



"BEE EFF" <mcreely@pnc.com.au> wrote in message
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> Judging by the article it looks as thought they want to replace trains
Civic to
> Newcastle with the Trams(just a token bullshit tourist idea).
>
> If they were fair dinkum about solving transport needs for the Newcastle
area
> they would reopen the old Newcastle to Wallsend tramway(parts of which are
> currently a cycleway). Or use the old Jewels rail line from
Adamstown(don't
> know how much infrastructure or corridor is left) which would then provide
a
> service almost all the way to Belmont.
>
> The Wallsend  area is currently a fairly large growth area and is only
served
> by busses and Belmont and Lake Macquarie are fairly popular recreation
points.
>
> But it is typical, they propose these ideas based on Nostalgic notions
instead
> of real transport solutions(with the above idea they could have both)
>
> Just some thoughts BEE EFF
>
> Chris Brownbill wrote:
>
> > David Bromage wrote:
> >
> > > I thought the council had rejected the idea of closing the railway. Or
has
> > > there been an election since then?
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > David
> >
> > I dont know about any of that, but I'm a cynical bugger when it comes to
> > village politics.  I know the light rail idea was floated originally in
> > conjunction with the rail closure proposals, and whatever the council
> > may or may not have said officially, I'll bet that the original
> > proponents are macchiavelling around in the background if not the
> > foreground.
>