Coast coal exports
Sir,—Nelson had its notional railway. The Coast now has a notional pipeline. Is it seriously proposed to haul a hoped-for 2.5 M tonnes a year of exports from the Buller and Greymouth mines across the divide for loading at Lyttelton, in preference to pumping straight on board from the mines themselves? The cost of the slurry systems only will be charged. Whatever figure is determined will be contentious since the pipelines will not have been built or used. What guarantee exists that future Governments will honour this extraordinary arrangement? The difference between notional pipeline and actual rail costs will
be provided from regional development funds. Such money should be directed to new opportunities on the Coast itself. The "social cost” contribution to keep the rail link open is justified for other reasons and, surely, all are 'agreed this should be maintained.—Yours, etc., ERIC BENNETT. Wellington, April 16, 1986.
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