Re: Rail link teeters after $800m cost blow-out

["Rjaygee" <dartmouthmotel@bigpond.com>]

In the interests of cost saving why not scrap the grandiose Parramatta
underground end and run a "Y" junction incorporating the present Carlingford
Junction and a new leg off the western line at the Clyde end of Granville.
The Parramatta Road can go over a bridge somewhere to eliminate the present
level crossing.  The Parramatta underground end is probably only a vote
buying gimmick and probably not essential.
Cheers

Rod Gayford


"neumannc" <neumannc@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> >
> > The NSW Transport Minister, Mr Scully, has lost his battle for extra
> > funding to meet an $800 million blow-out in the cost of the
> > Parramatta-Chatswood rail link, the centrepiece of the Government's
> > post-Olympics investment strategy.
> >
> > http://www.smh.com.au/news/0103/23/national/national1.html
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> Does anyone really believe that Carl Scully really "battled" for extra
> funding for a rail project?  He is spending all his time encouraging
> more roads projects and imposing more toll roads on western Sydney.  Can
> anyone name anything this Roads Minister has done to support rail based
> public transport or railways freight in the last 5 years?
>
> Chris