I'd be happy for the Vic Premier to announce the airport rail link is back on, even if it means the SRL is temporarily suspended. The airport train should never have been suspended in the first place. Sixty years we've been waiting for that!
"A dramatic collapse in popular support for the Victorian government has heaped pressure on Premier Jacinta Allan to accept an offer of an additional $2 billion in federal government funding to build a rail line to Melbourne Airport instead of demanding more cash for the Suburban Rail Loop."
[#]vicpol #SpringSt https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/extra-2b-in-federal-funds-on-table-to-revive-airport-link-amid-horror-poll-20250124-p5l71d.html
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@timrichards shame the resources aren't available to do both at the same time
Would be silly to say no to $2 billion though
Labor is in desperate trouble in Victoria, state and federal, on the latest polling
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@HardBeingGreen I think they made a mistake calling off the airport link, it's the most practical of the projects and has been promised for decades. Suspending it tarnished that Dan Andrews "getting it done" reputation IMO.
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@timrichards SRL will benefit a lot more people long term
Maybe they took the gamble on the federal government stepping in with the airport line?
Looks to have paid off
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@HardBeingGreen I think the 60-year wait for the airport line should tip the scales in its favour. Otherwise there'll always be an excuse to delay it.
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