RECENT interest and support for setting aside a light rail corridor for the future is a step in the right direction. A suggestion that the light rail corridor could be used by buses until the rails can be laid and everything else put in place is an interesting idea as well ('Call for rapid bus along light rail route', Newcastle Herald 12/7).
However, what I can't understand is why even those who want a multi-level car park on the proposed rail corridor can't see the importance of retaining that site for a light rail system. In many of my letters I have spoken of the need for a well planned light rail network reaching out into the suburbs. I have also spoken of the need to expand the heavy rail system to places like Raymond Terrace, the airport at Williamtown and Cessnock.
