Head firmly in the sand

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>> "Shane" == Shane Stanley <[email hidden]> writes:

Shane> Now here's an interesting opinion piece from today's Age:
Shane> <http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/paved-with-good-intentions/2005/0
Shane> 9/26/1127586799474.html>.

Shane> Apparently Doyle hasn't gone far enough on EastLink:

Shane> "Surely a Doyle government could generate annual savings of
Shane> $100-$200 million from this huge public transport expenditure
Shane> to pay for these reduced tolls instead of shaving other
Shane> government expenditures . not only for five years but for the
Shane> lifetime of the project. Metropolitan roads, which take over
Shane> 90 per cent of passenger traffic and all business traffic,
Shane> only get $436 million in the 2004-05 budget, so it should be
Shane> an economic imperative to reduce these annual public
Shane> transport expenditures of $1.526 billion for just 8 per cent
Shane> of passenger traffic."

Shane> Ah, yes -- "economic imperative". Discuss...

I think the attribution says it all:

``Dr John Cox is the author of Refocusing Road Reform and Roads in the
Community. He also carried out the economic feasibility study of
CityLink.''
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Cheers | ~~ __@
Euan | ~~ _-\<,
Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*)

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>> "Shane" == Shane Stanley <[email hidden]> writes:

Shane> Now here's an interesting opinion piece from today's Age:
Shane> <http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/paved-with-good-intentions/2005/0
Shane> 9/26/1127586799474.html>.

Shane> Apparently Doyle hasn't gone far enough on EastLink:

Shane> "Surely a Doyle government could generate annual savings of
Shane> $100-$200 million from this huge public transport expenditure
Shane> to pay for these reduced tolls instead of shaving other
Shane> government expenditures . not only for five years but for the
Shane> lifetime of the project. Metropolitan roads, which take over
Shane> 90 per cent of passenger traffic and all business traffic,
Shane> only get $436 million in the 2004-05 budget, so it should be
Shane> an economic imperative to reduce these annual public
Shane> transport expenditures of $1.526 billion for just 8 per cent
Shane> of passenger traffic."

Shane> Ah, yes -- "economic imperative". Discuss...

I think the attribution says it all:

``Dr John Cox is the author of Refocusing Road Reform and Roads in the
Community. He also carried out the economic feasibility study of
CityLink.''
--
Cheers | ~~ __@
Euan | ~~ _-\<,
Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*)

In article <[email hidden]>, Euan <[email hidden]>

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I think the attribution says it all

Still pretty breath-taking, I thought...

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Shane Stanley