Re: $300m to put trains on track

[Tell <telljb@ozemail.com.au>]

David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote:
>
> A 16 per cent increase in public transport funding will be targeted
> mainly at railway track maintenance and signalling to boost the
> reliability and safety of the network. The Transport Minister, Mr
> Scully, said the almost daily disruptions to train services before the
> Olympics demanded an extra $300 million be put into immediate
> improvements to train, track and new lines to reduce the number of
> stoppages and derailments.
> 
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/0105/30/pageone/pageone4.html



Good news, ......well, for Sydney rail travelers, but
it does nothing about the national freight task.
Like, how to get rid of those ever increasing trucks on
NSW roads.  

Readily available federal funding is there for the
taking, but NSW does not want to give up its tracks.

....Tell