Re: Robina-Coolangatta extension "essential"

[L & D <daisyw@ozemail.com.au>]

Maurie Daly wrote:

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> Much as I would like to see a connection from Murwillumbah to Coolangatta I
> think we are all dreaming.
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Why not the road lobby dreams come to reality just look at the money being spent on the Pacific
Hwy from Beenliegh to Yelgun  with the Yelgun to Chindarah bypass transport lost a perfect
opportunity to combined a road and rail project at present both the rail and road pass through
the Burringbar range but road unlike the rail is going to upgraded from near the rail over
bridge at Yelgun would have been a perfect starting point!

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> If the argument is that most people who travel by the Murwillumbah XPTs go on
> to Brisbane then surely the more sensible and cheaper option is to simply run
> more XPTS directly to Brisbane

Who said that most of them travel to Brisbane

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> I doubt very much that there is sufficient demand from people who live in
> the towns between Casino and Murwillumbah demanding to be able to go to
> Brisbane via train via the Gold Coast.

What about between Casino and Coolangatta going either way have you seen the traffic on Sextons
Hill Banora Point the amount that commutes to further up the coast and or to Brisbane from
around the Tweed coast and valley it is quite substantial and even dreaming on some of these
people would use other transport if it was quicker than their car

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Davo