‘Plucked from the sky’: Queensland government questions funding for Sunshine Coast rail project
by Joe Hinchliffe from World news | The Guardian on (#5XK8Q)
Federal budget to commit $3.9bn for transport infrastructure, including fast rail and new line
Queensland's transport minister has described the budget eve announcement of a train line from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast as being in circus sort of territory", saying the promised money appeared plucked out of the sky".
But commuter advocates have welcomed the promised Sunshine Coast extension as having the potential to revolutionise" public transport from Brisbane to the beaches.
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