New study for M'bah rail link
THE NSW Govt has announced the first details of a study for putting services on the Casino-Murwillumbah line.
Trains on our Tracks president Karin Kolbe said she is glad to see some development on the issue but would like to widen the terms of reference.
"From the govt's press releases today this study seems to be very narrowly focused on costs, but nothing about the benefits," said Ms Kolbe.
"A rail service will provide many benefits to the region but these are not being examined at all in the proposed study.
"We'd like to see an analysis of having less congestion, particularly in places like Byron Bay.
"We'd also like to see the benefits to tourism considered.
"We already have 1.5 million tourists looking for transport into and around our region," Ms Kolbe said.
TOOT would like to see environmental benefits, like reduced carbon emissions, or better air quality, properly accounted for.
