There is alot of behind the scenes work that the general public don't realise. The current site for desal plant pt. stanvac is contaminated with petroleum chemicals and needs to be cleaned up first, hence 5 years. also the marj on the rail site needs to be cleaned up from contamination, hence 10 yea...

yeh your right, but i just think people are very short sighted in situations like water supply. They just get pissed off and want solutions e.g. putting in bores, but have no idea of the long term effects of the ground water and environment. I know cause ny dad works in ground water. i know the gove...

Now that the crane is coming down, does that mean that the concrete fencing jutting out on to
king william street will also be removed?

[quote="Bulldozer"] Someone said there are plans: underpasses, desalination, hopsitals, etc. but the reality is that they are mostly haphazard, reactionary plans. The desal is a classic - for years desalination was derided until Adelaide is at absolute crisis point with water and the publi...

Yeh i think your right jimmy. If the government preposed their plans there would be alot less people complaining e.g. all tram extensions, general cbd development, heavy transport infrastructure, etc. Then people know exactly what the government is doing and stands for.

crawf wrote: Plus Sydney and Brisbane

If i recall, Sydney was not promised any tiger flights by the airline, but Adelaide was

Does anyone know when this is due for construction?

I think Pat.Conlon sums it up best. First it was criticized for being a waste of money and now for being
too popular.

Now that i have made a few posts i should probably introduce myself. My name is Frank, 20, lived in Athelstone (NE) my whole life. I have visited this site almost everday for past 2 years. I am 2 year geology student at adelaide uni and interested in any development project in this city to break fre...

Oh and i forgot, todays paper said once again tiger has knocked us back again.

Yeah i saw that singapore airlines said introducing 8 flights a week over summer. I find it interesting that this happens yet qantas says demand is not high enough for more flights. why is adelaide so crap at attracting more airline? is it that we are too close to melbourne or too small market or wh...

Yeah i know as i catch the 179 and some people refuse to believe that the tram has actually improved traffic flow. They just want something to complain about as they don't want adelaide to change. The streets of adelaide are some of the widest in the country and can easily accommodate both cars and ...

I won't stop whinging until they fill it in or fix the problems. Why would the government waste money (in your opinion) building a 31m tram line then a few weeks later have it pulled up? surely this would be a waste of tax payers money. Even if you hate them it is much cheaper to leave it in and wo...