Re: NT Truckies give rail consortium a serve.

["William Miller" <backtran@optusnet.com.au>]

Does he mention who built and maintains the Stuart Highway? What is the sunk
capex and maintenance on this road and how much will be avoided in the
future if there is a shift to rail?
Tell <telljb@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> A letter to the Editor of the Centralian Advocate has
> made a few points that a lot of Territorians are bound
> to agree with, particularly with this election year.
>
> Alice Springs people already know there will be NOTHING
> for them in the Alice to Darwin Railway.
> Tennant Creek and Katherine folks can look forward to a
> short boost, but after construction, zilch, zero,
> nothing.  The croweaters are also short term
> beneficiaries even though they will benefit most.
>
> Peter Goud who was the "letter to the editor" and is
> the vice president of the North Australian Trucking
> Association has made no bones about the fact that the
> Alice to Darwin Railway will be funded by MILLIONS of
> australian tax payers dollars, after a long, very long
> procedure of financing this "private" railway which
> just happens to contain millions of taxpayer bucks.
>
> He made the point that truckies in the NT welcome
> competition, as long as it as fair.
> But already they, (rail consortium and NT government)
> are talking about regulating the road train industry in
> the NT so that the "truckies" up this way do not
> compete "unfairly" with the railway.
>
> ....Tell
>