Re: Wodonga Rail relocation

[usenet.spam@gunzel.net (Michael)]

Dave Proctor <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in article
<NEGL5.109242$bI6.4137888@news1.giganews.com>: 

>> Why don't they just leave the railway alone and build the freeway
>> somewhere else.  Why should the railway line move for the roads?

>If the railway can be moved in conjunction with the road being moved,
>and placed on a better (high speed) alignment, I am in favour of it.
>After all, very few trains have driver changes in Albury now, it could
>save a lot of time if they placed the railway alongside the new freeway.

Bust this is not the case. The developers[1] want to move the railway out 
of the city. As Rod pointed out, pensioners can't afford this change. Roads 
are discriminatory, railways are not. Anyone can catch a train, but not 
everyone can drive. So how dare these bastards try and justify routing a 
"BYPASS" road right through the middle of the city, and move the railway, 
that's of beneficial use to the towns people out of the city?

What importance does a road bypass have anyway? All interstate freight 
would be better off on the rails, both logisticaly and environmentally. I'm 
sure people travelling interstate by car (why??) can handle a little extra 
travel time, I've travelled by car to/from Sydney and NSW many times before 
and I don't see the slightly extra travel time in Albury/Wodonga annoying, 
in fact, it breaks the monotony of a really long drive, if you are a driver 
or a passenger (as I have been these times).

I'm sure half these developers have pulled brains out of their arse and use 
that as a justification to be arseholes.

I'd be interested to see if there are any lobby groups who would be willing 
to stand against this...

M.

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[1] Developers are a pimple on the arse of progress, seemingly. Look what 
happened to a house of historical significance in Brighton a week ago. 

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