ACT Light Rail Meeting - Thursday 4 September

iCanberran said :

Lightrail again, I’ll keep the car thanks. It’s there when and where I need it.

So keep your car. Nobody’s stopping you from driving. I’ll continue to pay for your roads and their maintenance (and I’m content with that).

bigred – as i think has been stated before, ACT Light Rail have met with the TWU who have no objection to light rail.

already been sold. Some of the key routes that would be required in Canberra have very large areas yet to be developed,

Except for Molonglo most of all of the remaining land along the corridors will have been developed before the first shovel is turned on the light rail routes.

I’ll say it again. TWU and CFMEU say “NO”. So it won’ happen. Toot toot!

Lightrail again, I’ll keep the car thanks. It’s there when and where I need it.

It wouldn’t be a surprise to see blowouts in costs on the Gold Coast – there has been no provision for the necessary corridors. Therefore every square cm of land required has to be resumed, and land prices in SEQ have been skyrocketing.

This is where Canberra is at a great advantage – the corridors have for the most part been preserved, going right back to Walter’s original plans.

The other problem with the Gold Costs is that the places they want to put the system is have (I would imagine without going to far into the research) already been sold. Some of the key routes that would be required in Canberra have very large areas yet to be developed, which would therefore yield greater revenues and thereby help in large part to pay for the system, as they did for the Mandurah line in WA.

Now why am I being moderated once again for JB? Have I not been a good boy of late?

^with an emphasis on realistic achievable recommendations

JULY 2008 – The economic case for light rail as the preferred mode for the Gold Coast Rapid Transit project is considerably stronger than the case for a busway.

http://www.ttf.org.au/Content/gcrt0708.aspx

Today, Minister Mickel, Minister for Transport,
Trade, Employment and Industrial Relations,
welcomed the Business Case recommendation for
light rail as the preferred mode for the Gold Coast
Rapid Transit (GCRT) project.

http://www.translink.com.au/qt/translin.nsf/ReferenceLookup/gcrt_factsheet_next6months.pdf/$file/gcrt_factsheet_next6months.pdf

THE State Government is facing big cost blowouts in its long-term infrastructure plan for southeast Queensland, according to the latest figures….The Gold Coast Rapid Transit project up to $1.67 billion from $600 million.

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,,23831433-3102,00.html

Gold Coast Light Rail Feasibility Study
Project cost: $320 – $360 million (2004)

http://www.pb.com.au/gclightrail/GCLR_Report/PDF%27s/Draft_Summary_Report.pdf