News & Discussion: Trams

[claybro]

Its from Tom so no doubt its an exaggeration.

Why would Tom Koutsantonis be commenting on how much longer it will take to open the extension? The technical problems are not now a political issue. The faults are being addressed by the suppliers, not the current government. In fact, most of the unexplained delays with the project occurred on the previous governments watch.

I agree that it's not a political issue. It was actually proceeding quite well until a month before the election. At that point it turned to excrement (I mean, five months to build platforms - you can build a whole house in that time).

I suspect that DPTI lost the previous project manager, and has struggled to find another one. Good project managers are hard to find, and keep. Especially on public service pay. Finding a competent project manager is not easy, but then finding one who knows something about tram systems is another level of difficulty as well. Then, assuming DPTI coukd find that person with tram expertise somewhere in Australia, how would they be lured to work for just a few months to finish a job?

Either that, or the government has gotten someone in from Sydney light rail project to help. THAT would explain everything.

Either way, It would be most disappointing if at this early stage Tom is trying to gain cheap political points over this. It is as bad as Steve Marshal banging on about the opening of segments of the motorway commenced when Labour were in office. It is just not a good look. Just focus on what positive contributions can be made to the tram/train system when next in office.

[citywatcher]

Please tell me this is a joke.....

From Twitter.

Its from Tom so no doubt its an exaggeration.

Why would Tom Koutsantonis be commenting on how much longer it will take to open the extension? The technical problems are not now a political issue. The faults are being addressed by the suppliers, not the current government. In fact, most of the unexplained delays with the project occurred on the previous governments watch.

Er because he is a shadow minister perhaps
Your comments are not substantiated
The biggest delays have occurred since the change in govt and most of the track infrastructure had been completed by the time of the election

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[claybro]

[quote=Waewick post_id=170013 time=<a href="tel:1533012481">1533012481</a> user_id=1673]

Please tell me this is a joke.....




From Twitter.

Its from Tom so no doubt its an exaggeration.

Why would Tom Koutsantonis be commenting on how much longer it will take to open the extension? The technical problems are not now a political issue. The faults are being addressed by the suppliers, not the current government. In fact, most of the unexplained delays with the project occurred on the previous governments watch.

Er because he is a shadow minister perhaps
Your comments are not substantiated
The biggest delays have occurred since the change in govt and most of the track infrastructure had been completed by the time of the election

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You are confusing the inexplicable delays on basic construction prior to the election, with the documented technical issues to be resolved by the contractor since. Tom really shouldn't comment on these delays.

[Goodsy]

[quote=Waewick post_id=170013 time=<a href="tel:1533012481">1533012481</a> user_id=1673]
Its from Tom so no doubt its an exaggeration.

Why would Tom Koutsantonis be commenting on how much longer it will take to open the extension? The technical problems are not now a political issue. The faults are being addressed by the suppliers, not the current government. In fact, most of the unexplained delays with the project occurred on the previous governments watch.

Er because he is a shadow minister perhaps
Your comments are not substantiated
The biggest delays have occurred since the change in govt and most of the track infrastructure had been completed by the time of the election

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You are confusing the inexplicable delays on basic construction prior to the election, with the documented technical issues to be resolved by the contractor since. Tom really shouldn't comment on these delays.
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But it was fine for the Libs to comment on every delay before the election

[citywatcher]

Yeah that's right
Any perceived delays prior to the election were of course inexplicable and the fault of the labor party but any delays since are well documented and the contractors fault and Tom k as shadow transport minister has no place to comment on it


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[claybro]

Yeah that's right
Any perceived delays prior to the election were of course inexplicable and the fault of the labor party but any delays since are well documented and the contractors fault and Tom k as shadow transport minister has no place to comment on it


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Yeah that's right
Any perceived delays prior to the election were of course inexplicable and the fault of the labor party but any delays since are well documented and the contractors fault and Tom k as shadow transport minister has no place to comment on it


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So what was Tom Koutsantonis' answer to the current problems? I think we are all a bit over politicians of all persuasions taking cheap shots without providing any solutions. If Tom can't provide a solution because it is a contractor technical issue, he shouldn't comment. Likewise, had the previous delays been due to documented technical delays by the contractors, the liberals should have given it time to resolve. But some of the delays then were due to lack of work scheduling rather than technical problems. In that case, the government should have been all over the project managers.

[how good is he]

Ok all it needs now is the German tram expert flown out to say (cue Sargeant Schulz’s voice) “I see nothing, I know nothing, noth-ingggg!”

[citywatcher]

Yeah that's right
Any perceived delays prior to the election were of course inexplicable and the fault of the labor party but any delays since are well documented and the contractors fault and Tom k as shadow transport minister has no place to comment on it


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Yeah that's right
Any perceived delays prior to the election were of course inexplicable and the fault of the labor party but any delays since are well documented and the contractors fault and Tom k as shadow transport minister has no place to comment on it


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So what was Tom Koutsantonis' answer to the current problems? I think we are all a bit over politicians of all persuasions taking cheap shots without providing any solutions. If Tom can't provide a solution because it is a contractor technical issue, he shouldn't comment. Likewise, had the previous delays been due to documented technical delays by the contractors, the liberals should have given it time to resolve. But some of the delays then were due to lack of work scheduling rather than technical problems. In that case, the government should have been all over the project managers.

It's now the libs responsibility
Their first and only move was to sack the project manager immediately and not replace him
If you do that you are not interested in the project

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[Kasey771]

Please tell me this is a joke.....

From Twitter.

Its from Tom so no doubt its an exaggeration.

Why would Tom Koutsantonis be commenting on how much longer it will take to open the extension? The technical problems are not now a political issue. The faults are being addressed by the suppliers, not the current government. In fact, most of the unexplained delays with the project occurred on the previous governments watch.

I can’t believe Koutsantonis is going complete ‘slope shoulders’ for responsibility on this issue.


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[Nathan]

Their first and only move was to sack the project manager immediately and not replace him

Was that actually confirmed, or just conjecture?

[citywatcher]

It was reported on the news ..........

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[ChillyPhilly]

DPTI boss Michael Deegan was sacked by Marshall for no real reason as soon as he won office.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-21/n ... ts/9571042

[SBD]

DPTI boss Michael Deegan was sacked by Marshall for no real reason as soon as he won office.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-21/n ... ts/9571042

Was he directly involved in the tram project? Did he know it was coming a month before the election when work seemed to have slowed down?

[claybro]

DPTI boss Michael Deegan was sacked by Marshall for no real reason as soon as he won office.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-21/n ... ts/9571042

No real reason? So the multiple examples of incompetence from his department that has been consistently highlighted on this forum is not reason enough?

[citywatcher]

He was sacked because he was a labour appointment
Pure and simple
To have not replaced him in the following months resulting in the project falling into shambolics is incompetence

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