Wollongong needs local elected representatives at a State and local level who are prepared to support both completion of the Maldon Dombarton rail link and faster passenger trains to Sydney.
The situation for Maldon Dombarton is very different now than what it was in 1988 when the Avon tunnel contract was cancelled by the Greiner government in a tight budgetary situation. In 1988, the main traffic on offer was coal. In 2011, there is not only coal with prospects for further growth in exports (Illawarra Mercury "Boom time at Port Kembla" 19 May, which notes that the Port Kembla Coal Terminal - thanks to the coal boom - could allow it to handle more than $1 billion worth of extra coal a year) but also cars from the inner harbour. Plus containers and other cargo from approved Port Kembla outer harbour expansion. Passengers too are also quite possible.
WTC looks forward to the release, this winter, by the Federal government of the full feasibility study for Maldon Dombarton. Plus the new Infrastructure NSW agency taking a good look at a rail line that will not only benefit the Illawarra but much of Sydney.
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