Re: Alice-Darwin Line

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

"Maurie Daly"

| I thought that rather than selling shares in the line a la a
| sleeper,the NT Govt could sell the whole line in 1 metre chunks to
| interested investors.
| A 1 metre length of track would cost you about $1000 and as you would
| then be a track owner ,you would be entitled to receive track access
| fees for your 1 metre of track.

And be liable for maintainance and losses?


| What a marvelous investment opportunity.

I think not.


| As to the Defence argument, the Defence Dept in their submission to
| the initial feasability study for the line , indicated that they could
| see NO vital defence requirement for the line , but would use the line
| simply as a pure commercial customer , as they occasionally do for the
| existing rail network.

What use do they make of it now?