When you compare the pace of work on their stupid slum builders' metro and their obscenely corrupt tollroads to the pace of LR construction it’s pretty obvious where their priorities lie.

Tony G

> On 17 Jul 2017, at 5:49 pm, Mal Rowemal.rowe@... [TramsDownUnder] TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:

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> On 17/07/2017 5:01 PM, Greg Sutherlandgregsutherland@... mailto:gregsutherland@ozemail.com.au [TramsDownUnder] wrote:

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>> More from the spin masters

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>> http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/relief-for-some-retailers-as-lightrail-works-in-stretch-of-george-street-to-finish-20170717-gxco2i.html http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/relief-for-some-retailers-as-lightrail-works-in-stretch-of-george-street-to-finish-20170717-gxco2i.html

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> I was about to say that 8km (up from 500m last year) was not too bad - given the heavy engineering approach and the apparently lack of will to bring in massive numbers of workers and machines as Melbourne does.

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> Then I read the above article and found out that the '8km' is actually 4km of double track, and that the George St work is said to be running a year late.

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> Mal Rowe - still pleased to see rail in the streets of Sydney.

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