Re: Whats happening with the VFT.

[ahonan@zipworld.com.au (Andrew Honan)]

I heard that they were debating it over tow days this week.
The word I heard off the Speedrail site was that the 'Proving up'
stage was completed and handed to the Feds last week. Kate Carnell the
ACT Chief Minister was all for it (she probably can see the tourist $)

Speedrail say that it may take 6 months to decide and construction
will not start until 2001.

I hope that the project goes ahead quickly.

federal Cabinet will also make a decision on Badgery's Creek and I
think the plans are to link this airport up on the VFT.

Andrew Honan

On Mon, 13 Dec 1999 22:32:46 GMT, mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie
Daly) wrote:

>Heard on the news this morning that the Feds are still debating whether the 
>VFT will go ahead or not.
>What the hell is left to debate.
>Dont we have a successful bidder .
>Obviously the future of the project may be dependant on the successful bidder 
>raising the necessary finance , if indeed they can , but surely the Govt has 
>by now agreed that the project will proceed.
>
>One hopes that we arnt seeing a re-run of the failed original VFT project.
>
>MD
>