It has been announced that the Metro rail tunnel under Swanston Street through the Melbourne CBD will not be drilled by the boring machine, and that 350,000 to 450,000 loads of rock spoil will be mined and removed from there by heavy diesel trucks. The trucks will cause enormous disruption as they travel through the […]
Financing for High-Speed Rail in Australia
Introduction Australia faces two serious situations which High Speed Rail (HSR) and Fast Freight Rail (FFR) would resolve together. First, the population of Australia and that of its cities, especially Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, are projected to about double in the next 3-4 decades. The consequences would be exponential increase in congestion, which is already […]