Re: Rail crossing to close for work

[Dave Proctor <david@sd3.mailbank.com>]

On Wed, 23 May 2001 21:42:13 +0930, Gobbledok <chippies@ihug.com.au>
wrote:

>When they were working on the Brook Street level crossing in Muswellbrook a
>few years ago (and shortly after this, they did the New England Highway
>level crossing at the Northern end of Scone), the Brook Street crossing was
>closed for about eight days...and all they seemed to do was tear up the road
>a little, to lay down a small metal approach to the crossing...and in the
>middle of the line. I would think that it could be done in something like 2
>or 3 days...but obviously, it needed 8 days.

Why "obviously, it needed 8 days"? We are talking about a
(corporatised) government organisation, which does not consider costs
on the community, etc when it lays out its timetable of works.

It is quite possible (actually, quite probable) that the works could
have been completed far quicker (albeit at a higher cost).

Dave