QUEENSLAND Transport Minister John Mickel said taxpayers are `paying for the sins of the ’60s’ as he opened construction on the $25 million Varsity Lakes train station. The Minister said the station and the extension of 4km of rail from Robina, which will cost a further $300 million, is a sad indictment on previous governments.
The Varsity Lakes Station, which has been built on an old landfill site, is a further step along the way in the Government’s plan to eventually run rail to Coolangatta. The station, with its retail, commercial and residential areas, is expected to be completed by late 2009, with the first train to roll through in 2010.
Source: Nine News
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