Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Reply #325 –
Yes, it will be intersting to see if Allan can make the glitter stick, at the moment she is travelling on a promise of potential.
Regarding infrastructure and budget, those of us old enough might recall hearing so much of the same rhetoric when the West Gate Bridge was built, and when it was rebuilt, but decades on now many of the same claim it is now indispensible critical infrastructure and makes the tunnel redundant. The problem here is that critics live in the now and the past, and have no genuine regard for the real future as Melbourne grows, despite all the mainstream media argy bargy Vic is continuing to grow faster than any other state, that infrastructure duplication will be needed, as will the train loop, and maybe more as well. Many local councils are projecting population growth of 50% by 2050, none are projecting contraction, ignore what News Ltd and Faceplant tell you as they speak bullsh1zen. If things are as they seem, the next big infrastructure spend must be water and water recycling, they have no choice but to start very very soon, it'll make the desalination plant look cheap. For reference, I've heard it stated for a 100% growth in population, you need a 500% growth in water, assuming all other things like weather, water quality and food are to remain equal.
Does anyone really think that for example cities like Paris or London paid for the train loops in advance, and that they aren't still paying?
But what's the real issue here, the personal issue, the thing that affects those doing the complaining? Do they genuinely think no tunnel, train loops or other infrastructure will make houses, rents and food cheaper? What's the connection?