[Peakoil-announce] Taskforce examines light rail, links for capital

[Alex Pollard]

http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/taskforce-examines-
light-rail-links-for-capital/797693.aspx

BY NATASHA RUDRA

26/06/2008 12:00:00 AM
Against a backdrop of rising petrol prices, the Canberra Business Council 
and the Conservation Council will form a taskforce to make the case for a 
rail network around Canberra.
The group will put together a proposal for light rail in the city before 
examining a potential high-speed rail link between Sydney, Melbourne and 
Canberra.

It will take the proposals to the Federal Government body Infrastructure 
Australia in a bid to gain funding for the rail projects.

Business Council director Chris Faulks said it was still early days for the 
taskforce.

But it would be a ''coalition of interested parties'' examining light rail 
from the perspective of the Government, academia and community groups.

Conservation Council acting director Genevieve Wauchope said the taskforce 
would look into partnerships between the public and private sector.

She said the taskforce was attracting interest from public transport 
experts.


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Alex Pollard
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President
ACT Peak Oil Inc.
http://act-peakoil.org