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Federal government to contribute nearly $4b extra to Victoria's Suburban Rail Loop (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 6 months ago by MisterFrog@aussie.zone to c/melbournetrains@aussie.zone

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How do we all feel about the SRL?

Personally, I don't hate it, but feel like money could have been better spent on numerous cheaper projects (like tram/train extentions for interconnectivity, or massively increasing bus frequencies and rationalising bus routes).

But I'm glad for any money to be spent on better public transport, and not more roads.

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[–] jessta@aus.social 1 point 6 months ago

@MisterFrog @pHr34kY yeah, North-East Link was supposed to be $16 billion in construction costs and cost $100 billion over it's life time. But was predicted to produce $110 billion in value (In truck freight, roads for cars are always massive losses). But a $10 billion cost overrun means that it definitely won't produce any value at all.

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