Re: Brisbane Light Rail Proposals

[Scott Ratcliff <scottr@uq.net.au>]

Of course nothing will ever happen. Of course they are talking about
grand projects -  It's an election year in QLD.

Briztram - It will never happen.

David Bennetts wrote:
> 
> Just had a look at the Brisbane Light rail site - refer
> http://www.briztram.qld.gov.au
> I had a look at the site some time back and suggested that they update
> their links to other sites, particularly the ones overseas which were
> totally inappropriate - the Singapore Cable Car for instance, which doesn't
> run on rails, then a heap of other crappy replica 'false' trolleys, which
> are buses dressed up to look like trams.  They obviously just used a search
> engine to look up 'trolley' and didn't bother to check out the sites for
> themselves.  Probably consultants being paid $1000 a day!  I gave them some
> really appropriate ones to link -like the new systems in San Diego, Hong
> Kong, Croydon (London) but they didn't reply, and now that section of their
> site isn't working.
> 
> Now they are having exhibitions of proposed routes throughout Brisbane,
> public comment is invited by 18 March - not a lot of time if they want
> informed input!  Then they'll probably sit on the comments for 6 months
> with nothing done.
> 
> As an ex-public servant, now I've got that off my chest I'll leave you all
> alone for a day or two.
> 
> David Bennetts
> Canberra

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