No long post today because anything I write will not be as important as information recently released by experts as part of the Suburban Rail Loop East Inquiry and Advisory Committee process and hearings. I covered highlights last week.
Since then more information has come out, notably responses from the Suburban Rail Loop Authority to some of the issues raised. This has shed more light on what's considered important and what's less so.
You can be pretty sure that a project like the SRL will attract criticisms for its massive costs. It is quite possible that there will be internal pressure to avoid 'scope creep'. Attitudes expressed indicate a risk that should such pressures come to pass even basics like shelter for transferring passengers and proper connections with Metro stations could be omitted, making the project much less than what it could be. And even if there weren't such pressures, there is not necessarily the confidence that some pretty basic passenger experience aspects are not being accorded the weight they should be.
See some extracts and discussion in this Twitter thread about all this.
And always check (at least every few days) the tabled documents and recordings on the Suburban Rail Loop East Inquiry and Advisory Committee page. Some documents you can glance over but others are really important.
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