Your Say: Wednesday, September 13, 2017

September 13 2017 - 6:00am
Your Say | Wednesday, September 13
Your Say | Wednesday, September 13

Rail Car Welcome

THANK YOU for the excellent coverage (The Examiner, September 7). Your reporter was able to see the strong support by passing motorists and truck drivers. Dorset Council has not received $1.47 million from the federal government. Launceston North-East Railway member Wendy McLennan, on her recent visit to Canberra, met with officers of Federal Infrastructure Minister Darren Chester’s department and was advised funds had not been paid as they were awaiting the outcome of the study undertaken by the state government. The purpose of the fund is to generate employment in rural areas, since Premier Will Hodgman stated on television that the government was open to diversification and the subsequent $50,000 study undertaken at the behest of Treasurer Peter Gutwein

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