What is the latest information on central business district railway upgrades and related matters?
Mr JOHN WATKINS: Members of this House are well aware of the Iemma Government’s massive investment in public transport. Over the next 15 years more than $15 billion will be spent on public transport infrastructure. In this financial year alone the Iemma Government is spending $1.7 billion on improving rail infrastructure. That is $141 million every month, $32 million every week or $4.6 million every single day. And we are adding to that tally every day, because that is what commuters want and that is what they deserve. The Leader of the Opposition may have his spendometer ticking over faster than the attendance list at a Liberal branch meeting in Baulkham Hills but the taxpayers of New South Wales will never see the amount he is promising. The Iemma Government is spending real money on real projects that will deliver real results for the people of New South Wales. Two new projects I can update the House on are upgrades to Redfern and Town Hall railway stations. Design tenders will now
