Re: Queanbeyan -Cooma Line

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Peter Berrett" <pberrett@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
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> David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Aside from the obvious engineering difficulties, getting through the
> > Alpine National Park is a political land mine. That's what kiled it as a
> > VFT route.
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> But not an impossibility given that there is already a road that goes
> through there. They just put a gas pipline through there too.

Roads and gas pipelines do not have to have gentle curves and gradients
(like railways have to).

Dave