Re: Southern O-Bahn comes off the rails

["tony bailey" <mercuryworldtvl@one.net.au>]

Maurie-

Don't forget that an election is looming in SA - so the government will have
to save their ammunition to allow large numbers of meaningless promises to
be made and not kept - except, of course, for building more roads.

--
Tony Bailey
Mercury World Travel
Mercury Travel Books
mercuryworldtvl@one.net.au
"Maurie Daly" <mauried@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
3ab1c745.31334230@can-news.tpg.com.au">news:3ab1c745.31334230@can-news.tpg.com.au...
> On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 12:22:25 +1100, David Bromage
> <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote:
>
> >Adelaide's southern O-Bahn plan has been scrapped by the State
> >Government because it would cost up to $182 million. The route was
> >proposed to be between the city and Bedford Park, using both the
> >Noarlunga Centre and Tonsley rail corridors.
> >
>
>http://www.theadvertiser.com.au/common/story_page/0,4511,1805850%255E2682,0
0.html
> >
> >[Good news at last!]
>
> Does this mean that the SA Govt now has a spare $120 M , which was the
> original amount allocated to this project?
> If so, there would be no need to borrow funds at 12% for the AP to
> Darwin line.
> Or is it more likely , that the funds for the O-Bahn were never
> appropriated ,and that the project was never planned to go ahead
> anyway, simply another empty Govt promise.
> Its significant that no alternative proposals have been suggested to
> spend the money!!!
>
> MD
>