Re: Queanbeyan -Cooma Line

["keith malcolm" <kmalcolm@tpg.com.au>]

David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> Gordon (GordonRoss@Remove_This.bigpond.com) wrote:
>
> > David Bromage wrote in message ...
> > >Peter Bollard (onk@magna.com.au) wrote:
> > >> I  noticed this scenic line when I was travelling back from the snow
a
> > >> couple of weeks ago and wondered whether the line is used at all and
> > >> whether there are any plans for it as it seems a great resource that
> > >> looks sadly neglected.
> > >
> > >There are privately funded plans for hauling logs from just south of
> > >Cooma, but it requires the state government to actually make a
decision.
>
> > When is this decision supposed to made by?
>
> Carl Scully.
>
> > IMHO any such plans, would have had some media attention and I haven't
seen
> > or heard anything.
>
> It got media coverage when the list was announced in about March. A
> decision has yet to be made.
>
> Cheers
> David

I don't think any thing serious has occured yet. The list announced in march
had an amount of money to be spent on about 3 lines including the Cooma
line. RSA have recently put in 3000 sleepers, replaced 2 timber culverts
with Armco pipes and I think on tuesday (10/10) will be running a ballast
train over the section to hume. I would suggest the money allocated will be
well and truly spent.

Dave Malcolm