Re: HST's, pollies and dreamers.

["Barry Campbell" <campblbm@ozemail.com.au>]

Tell wrote in message <6mpt1g$5s4$1@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net>...

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>The Alice to Darwin railway has been on the agenda for
>a long time and is in it's final stages of planning.
>Whoever wins the contract will probably have trouble
>raising 1.2 BILLION, never mind 8 BILLION.!
>
>Any thoughts.

Nobody has ever put up a realistic argument for a railway from anywhere to a
city of less than 100,000 people that generates no traffic and has a port
which is insignificant in its throughput. BTW why was the money wasted on an
even less useful line to Alice Springs?


Barry Campbell