[Peakoil] Dragway an emabrrasment to ACT Govt

[Antony Barry]

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> From: "Manderson, Roland" <Roland.Manderson at parliament.act.gov.au>
> Date: 3 July 2006 1:06:36 PM
> To: "Greens Media (E-mail)" <media at lists.greens.org.au>
> Subject: [Greens-Media] Dragway an emabrrasment to ACT Govt
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> ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey Media Release
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> 03 July 06
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> DRAGWAY AN EMBARRASSMENT TO ACT GOVERNMENT
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> The ACT Govt appears to have gone cold on building a dragway  
> according to Greens MLA Deb Foskey.
>
> "Perhaps the Government is actually beginning to listen to the  
> feedback from the ACT community. Dr Foskey said today"
>
> "Today in Estimates I asked the Minister Mr Barr for the  
> Government's feasibility study on the economics of establishing a  
> dragway on Majura Road.  He was unable to provide any up-to-date  
> data on its economic viability."
>
> "Mr Barr stated that the Govt would allocate no more than $8m to  
> its establishment.  He did not know whether this included the cost  
> of purchasing the land."
>
> "For the dragway to be economically viable without ongoing public  
> funding, large amounts of private funding are necessary.  When I  
> asked the Minister, it became apparent that no private funding has  
> yet been forthcoming."
>
> "The value of motor-racing facilities was undermined by the  
> disappointing numbers at the last Rally of Canberra where only 1553  
> of the 4000 expected visitors turned up, despite the Government's  
> investment of $853,000."
>
> "Further noise impact studies will be needed to investigate the  
> impact of the National Standard Dragway currently under  
> consideration, because the proposed noise abatement measures for  
> this standard are far less effective than those of the  
> International Standard Dragway model on which all current data  
> appears to be based."
>
> "The existing feasibility study is based on a much more expensive  
> International Standard Dragway.  For its $8m the Government will  
> create a white elephant or dud dragway which will inevitably  
> generate hefty demands for ongoing public funding.  This would be  
> throwing good money after bad and the Government knows it."
>
> "All in all, the dragway looks like an embarrassment the Government  
> is seeking to wash its hands of" Dr Foskey said.
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> Roland Manderson   Media Advisor
> ACT   Greens    MLA  Deb  Foskey
> Legislative Assembly for the ACT
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