Wheels turning slowly ...

Spoke to Jason today. I told him that Christmas and New Year bring extra urgency, with critical times when people have leases expiring and family plans in place. He assured me he is doing all he can.

Last week, he had sent me this note:

"At the moment we are addressing a requisition from the Land Titles Office concerning the heritage grain shed that overhangs railcorp land. The requisition requests us to register an easement over the Railcorp land, but Railcorp have indicated they are not inclined to support an easement as it is not consistent with their policies. The parties since the begining have proceeded with a licence agreement for this. The matter is currently with Railcorp legal. I am waiting for a formal written response from Railcorp before approaching the Registrar of the Land Titles Office to resolve this issue. There are a few other issues we are dealing with in conjunction with this. I would hope to be in front of the registrar early next week to argue the point, but need to have the Railcorp formal response before doing so."

So there had been a standoff between the LTO and Railcorp relating to the grain shed, but today, LTO relaxed its position and he feels Railcorp will accept a compromise when he puts it to them tomorrow. He said it would be counterproductive if any owners became involved and tried to pressure a government official. If this goes OK, then he would have Railcorp sign off by the end of the week.

He also hopes for the Occupancy Certificate by the end of the week, at which time he hopes to write to owners with new dates. The final 'certifier' is an independent person who signifies everything is ready. He would then take this to the LTO who might sign off in a few days.

So with a bit of luck, it will go like this:

By 27 November, Railcorp signs off.

By 4 December, LTO signs off.

A few days for everything else, ready to settle around 8-10 December. 

But Jason was making no promises. I almost pleaded with him to let everyone know we are all desperate to be in before Christmas. 

I'm not familiar with all these processes so I may not have described this totally accurately, but what matters most is the end date.