Re: Hume (Canberra) freight terminal

[Don Allitt <nahgfa@zeta.org.au>]

Yes i wonder if Toll or Finemores etc would pay for their truck stops so as the
drivers can drive within in the \R.T.A. regulations or pay for Safty Cam or pay for
the tram tracks they make on the byways.Don.

Maurie Daly wrote:

> In article <37A8142F.749F825D@zeta.org.au> Don Allitt <nahgfa@zeta.org.au> writes:
> >From: Don Allitt <nahgfa@zeta.org.au>
> >Subject: Re: Hume (Canberra) freight terminal
> >Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 20:21:36 +1000
>
> >I beleive that railway companys should not have to provide infrastructer as that
> >should be the
> >job of R.S.A.after all they have to pay for the use to X Judy Stack Co.
> >Don.
>
> Yes , its silly to expect the Rail operators to have to pay for improvements
> in the rail infrastructure so that they can then be charged for using it .
> The real problem in this whole situation is not so much RAC who are simply
> a State Govt owned corporation and therefore have to behave like all
> corporations do ,ie their first interest is their shareholder (the State Govt)
> and not their customers.
> Its no secret that the NSW State Govt demands dividends from all its Govt owned
> Corporations ,(RAC is no exception) and they have to pay the dividends,on top
> of all their operating costs, which means passing these costs onto their
> customers, ie higher track access charges.
>
> This is where the whole rail  / road access regime totally sucks.
>
> MD