Light Rail out in the cold at Belconnen

So this is what our twitchy, bumbling and inarticulate CM does with his sitting days.

Can someone please tell me how the hell he became the grand emperor of the territory?

I find it interesting going to events where he is to be the “guest speaker”, which is enough in itself to make one think twice….or three times….about attending.

I have been present at numerous events where he doesn’t show and sends apologies, methinks its a clever ploy to make himself appear a very busy man.

Perhaps he’s beavering away on his memoirs? Or more captivating would be a tome featuring his finest assembly speeches?

Free copies to all ACT schools.

This would make one very, very releived to NOT be an MLA because of he risk of acquiring terminal boredom.

Why not just say:
We don’t want light rail – never did
We were too scared of losing the election to tell the truth
We’re telling you now, but only because you forced us to
We’ll consider more promises for the next election.

Sleaz274 said :

There will never ever be light rail in canberra it is too costly to build and establish and would need to be subsidised its entire existence because all you would do is move passengers from action to rail without the flexibility of buses and using existing infrastructure. Why anyone on either political parties thinks it’s worth talking about is beyond me. It should be put in a pile of crappy ideas and burnt and never mentioned again ever lest the ignorant retardation of those who mention it is revealed. Stanhope is biding his time for a considered withdrawal and handover probably about the same time the economy looks up and he can produce a $1 trillion dollar statue of himself.

In a bad mood 0/2 for my tipping thus far…

And just what the Hell are you basing those assumptions upon?!

I suspect you’re one of those mandarins…!

There will never ever be light rail in canberra it is too costly to build and establish and would need to be subsidised its entire existence because all you would do is move passengers from action to rail without the flexibility of buses and using existing infrastructure. Why anyone on either political parties thinks it’s worth talking about is beyond me. It should be put in a pile of crappy ideas and burnt and never mentioned again ever lest the ignorant retardation of those who mention it is revealed. Stanhope is biding his time for a considered withdrawal and handover probably about the same time the economy looks up and he can produce a $1 trillion dollar statue of himself.

In a bad mood 0/2 for my tipping thus far…

I saw Kate a few days ago on that Insight program – she’s been overdoing the botox just a little I thought.

+1

I too voted for you the first time. Bring back Kate Carnell anyday.

Dear Mr Stanhope, you clearly think you are pretty clever. You won the last election, albeit losing your majority, but cleverly conned those naive, tree hugging, plastic bag hating Greens into signing a mean and tricky agreement . . . and now, just a few months on, you are rubbing your hands together! Why, you have got your revenge on that dastardly resident lobby group who nearly forced you to reveal your improvident promise about the power station (and now for the crematorium!), PLUS now you have done away with the light rail lobby! Who’s next?

Do you realise that you come across as a smug, self-congratulatory player? I am revolted and repulsed. You are a reptile who has little, if any, care for your constituents. How far have the mighty fallen. I voted you in the first time. I am horrified at what you have become.
I keep waiting for the Slitheen to emerge.

jakez said :

I don’t see how that’s possible. Or is this a joke about someone/government and a 50 year plan?

I am writing up a guide to what I believe Public Transport for Canberra over the next 50 years should be. It mostly involves Our 5 Interchanges & 6 main shopping centers being connected by light rail. With buses filling in the gap. My plan would be funded by the main roads into the City becoming toll roads.

It may just take a while to finish it. But at the moment I won’t include pictures.

TP 3000 said :

However I am still going to continue writing up my own 50 Year Transport Plan & will still submit it to the ACT Labour, Greens & Liberals.

I don’t see how that’s possible. Or is this a joke about someone/government and a 50 year plan?

Light rail. That would be all we need . Another black hole. And Transport Plan, light rail for the year 3000

Apart from the risk of detached retinas…how cool would it be?

I want a tube system like Woollies uses to send their cash to the back office.

That’s exactly what I had in mind. 🙂

How about we drop all public transport, scrap the lot of it, give the cycle paths back to nature, and subsidise more public parking?

I want a tube system like Woollies uses to send their cash to the back office.

Haha, I like the travelator idea.

Will rollerbladers become the new cyclists. 😛

Not solution to all problems, but cheaper to run than buses or cars once built. The cost of the initial infrastructure being quoted by the government is grossly overstated.

I think that giant travelators between town centres would be the best option.

…or some sort of tube system that humans fit in…

I still don’t understand how light rail is supposed to be the solution to all our problems.

Then we’ll be on the map, like North Haverbrook

Mono-doh!!!

OMG – This bloke is our Chief Minister – HELP

The ACT Labour Government has never wanted light rail in Canberra. Does anyone remember when on a Monday ex Transport Minister Simon Corbel said that light rail up the middle of Northbourne Avenue was viable. Then the following Wednesday Simon was replaced as transport minister John Hargreaves who said that light rail wouldn’t be sent up the middle of Northbourne Avenue.

However I am still going to continue writing up my own 50 Year Transport Plan & will still submit it to the ACT Labour, Greens & Liberals.

Wow, I always knew some spidersense was tingling when I thought about covering Legislative Assembly question time.

That was miserably poor speaking by the CM, is he trying to bore them all into submission?

Monorail!

Monorail is still an option.