Re: Cost of Alice Springs to Darwin.

[terry@cclru.unsw.edu.au (Terry Flynn)]

wrote:

>(Roy Wilke) said amongst other things:
>>Now, suddenly, just before an election, the Alice Springs-Darwin
>>railway idea has been resurrected. This is in direct contradiction to
>>the philosophy espoused by this government.
>
>The Alice to Darwin line has ALWAYS been an issue in the
>Territory with or without an Election.
>
>>The Railway is merely an election ploy, and, whatever the PM says now,
>>will most likely be quietly forgotten after the NT election is
>>finished.
>
>No, the Feds have committed 100 million, and by that they are
>saying, "we will not build the Alice to Darwin line" but we have
>given you a token allocation of funds for the NT and SA
>Governments to go out and find a Private builder.
>
>There will never be another Government built Railway of substance
>in Australia again.  The Tarcoola to Alice line and that pathetic
>SG line from the SA Border to Melbourne were the last.
>
>Cheers
>
>----Tell
>Alice Springs NT

I bet the Dombarton to Maldon line will be completed, by government
one day. And you never know, attitudes change, a new high speed
freight rail  between Sydney Melbourne is a possibility, might take 20
years though. 

Terry Flynn.