Re: Fix Australia, Fix The Railways

["Michael Alexander" <malex@bigfoot.com>]

> > >The Hume Highway Yass bi-pass, costing $millions, was seen by the
media and
> > >the public as essential expenditure, but the equivalent spent on rail
would
> > >probably cause an outcry.

> > Approx $130 million  actually , which was more money than was allocated
to the
> > entire Melb - Adelaide guage conversion.
> > Similar amounts were spent on the Cullerin range bypass and the
Mittagong
> > Bypass.
> > By the time that the Hume is duplicated all the way to Albury ,if
indeed ever
> > , over $1300 M , ie $1.3 B will have been spent , just to handle bloody
> trucks.

Just out of interest, the 7km extension of the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne
has just opened, at a cost of $250 million, that's a cost of $35,000 per
metre!!!!

I'm sure that money would have gone a long way towards providing a railway
or light-rail line to Doncaster.


Regards,

Mike Alexander
(malex@bigfoot.com)