Fw: Thurs.26.9.24 daily digest, austerity issue

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Subject: Thurs.26.9.24 daily digest, austerity issue

Roderick

Thurs.26.9.24 Metro X
12.23 Buses to replace trains Darling - Glen Waverley (emergency services attending to a serious incident).  Buses have been ordered, but will take over 60 min to arrive.
- 13.24 Buses are in operation, adding 30 min.
- 16.01 Trains resume, with delays.  First trains: 15.56 Darling - Flinders St; 15.19 Flinders St - Darling [a typo, or trains hadn't resumed?]

https://www.msn.com/en-au/money/news/melbourne-s-metro-rail-tunnel-budget-blows-out-by-837-million-with-state-government-blaming-global-factors/ar-AA1reiLM
https://www.msn.com/en-au/money/markets/melbourne-s-metro-rail-tunnel-budget-blows-out-by-837-million-with-state-government-blaming-global-factors/ar-AA1reiDX

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/metro-tunnel-blowout-to-cost-taxpayers-extra-840-million-20240926-p5kdqu.html

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/melbournes-metro-tunnel-project-cost-to-increase-by-1bn/news-story/b4668f09a03051412106148d16a34278

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/price-mystery-as-metro-tunnels-into-more-taxpayer-cash/ar-AA1re68g

https://www.realcommercial.com.au/news/60m-mambourin-marketplace-set-to-spark-real-estate-boom-with-supermarket-dining-and-spaces-by-2025 [south of Manor Lakes, adjacent to the RRL line, with a new station promised]