Parking solutions key to successful railway precinct

By Letters to the Editor
Updated November 22 2017 - 11:55am, first published 7:53am

Much has already been written about the Ballarat railway station redevelopment, and it appears the 'Save Our Station' group are fortunately having a positive influence in its final decision. All Melbourne rail commuters will be aware that the basic problems we currently have is due to inadequate car parking (especially provisioning for the future growth), too few rail carriages, and too few services to and from Melbourne. Part of the solution to really fix the current shortcomings is to duplicate the train line from Ballarat to Melbourne. I have never heard of any public requests for a hotel on the site, yet this appears to be the Victorian government's cornerstone. I cannot fathom why. The plans we see in the press are simply a few lines representing an area for car or bus parking etc, but very little by way of detail, which is really the crux of the solution.

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