Re: Alice Springs Council demands new Darwin line bypasses Town.

["John Wayman" <trecker@bigpond.com>]

I wonder if there are trucking interests represented within the council?

Cheers
John Wayman

Spaceman wrote in message <3678472d.0@pink.one.net.au>...
>Gday all
>< Tell > wrote in message <3681831d.3454296@news.ozemail.com.au>...
>>The Alice Springs Council has taken on the Northern
>>Territory Government with the proposed Alice Springs to
>>Darwin rail link, by stating that it will oppose the
>>present plan to have the railway extended from the
>>present terminal.
>>
>>The Council has a consultants report which claims the
>>cost of routing the line East of Alice Springs will not
>>cost "much more" than the present proposal.
>>
>>The Council claims, "it does not want goods trains
>>thundering through the town day and night."!!
>>
>
>What do they bloody want.... Road Trains doing the exact same thing. I
would
>rather a goods train come through as then you know it's taken away a dirty
>big road train and has made the road a little safer.
>
>>NT Railway minister, Barry Coulter has served a
>>broadside at the Council, saying their proposal will
>>jeopardise the whole project.
>>
>>The consultants report has not yet been made public.
>>
>>Cheers
>>
>>----Terry Burton
>>
>
>Tyipical... a council of the country against public transport..... When
will
>all this crap end and this country get a decent rail system like in Europe
>
>Chris
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