ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
The spoilt thousands who call Sydney’s south-east corridor home don’t like the new light rail in their neighbourhood and have expressed disappointment in the project.
Sydney’s light rail expansion into Irish Sydney opened to paying customers earlier this week after years of setbacks, months of trials and days of intense pocket pissing.
It’s already the product of a private-public partnership, the NSW Government says, which means it’s wholly owned by private capital, operated by private capital but carries the public livery.
That has disappointment both the people of Sydney and their Premier, who was saddened to learn it’s still a bit early to privatise the rest of the light rail expansion – but that hasn’t put a stop to Gladys Berejiklian’s hunt for cash.
“Can we privatise their disappointment?” she asked a member of her staff.
Initial reports suggest it’s not possible. However, if the government opt to keep the piece of infrastructure running slow and late, the people of NSW would be warmer to the idea of privatisation in the future.
While that did give the Premier some solace, it doesn’t put any savings in the State Government’s high-interest savings account.
More to come.
