Re: Brisbane Light Rail Proposals

[Neill <n2386160@sparrow.qut.edu.au>]

On 5 Mar 1998, 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.
> 
I was in there this morning and they have three routes all going to UQ,
newstead, brisbane hospital, gardens, it is just the routes to those
places that vary by about a street or two to the left or right and how the
trams should be intergated into the current street nework.  

In the couirer mail the other day it had a proposal by the lang park trust
(suncorp stadium) to have the light rail proceed to the stadium and then
to Milton (park road yuppieville) and returning via coranation drive to
roma st.




> 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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