amber_fluid wrote:Booney wrote:amber_fluid wrote:I work from home so don’t give a **** about commuting
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My point is other states do it well so why can’t we?
I do travel for work to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth often and there is always road works going on.
I guess our population isn’t growing like theirs is
Don’t know why!!
Geographically we're hamstrung, hills to the east, coast to the west and we didn't do enough from 2000 to today to future proof many of our major infrastructure works but then again in 2000 we were still thanking Tim Marcus Clark for his State Bank efforts....then manufacturing died.
We tend to take longer on our projects also.
Not sure if it’s a lack of skills or workers here?
Is it time for TOLLS to get the job done quicker and better?
Some of this can be attributed to the government. On rail upgrades, SA is extremely hesitant to have moving machinery anywhere near live train lines, so you're limited to weekends and night work (which is also hamstrung by noise factors).
I've been in Sydney and Brisbane where they're doing rail work as the trains keep running.