Re: Canberra-south coast

["f.u.i.t.b.e.t" <fuitbet@yahoo.com.au>]

Boy oh boy another high speed fantasy.
We in this country would be lucky to have the support of such a project in
terms of patronage between our two biggest capitals(syd melb).Let alone a
tuorist high speed link!!!
"David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> Phil Bruce (filbruce@ihug.com.au) wrote:
> > Everyone has missed the obvoius route for a VFT.  Since half of the
population of
> > Canberra travels to Batemans Bay for the weekend this would be a more
logical
> > route.  Woden to Mogo in 35 minutes.
>
> Can you justify $2 billion for the twice yearly migration fo
Canberra-on-Sea?
>
> The only coastal route which might work is Sydney - Wollongong - Nowra -
> Tarago, and then only as an adjunct to the main route via Goulburn. This
> would roughly follow the Canberra - Jervis Bay line surveyed by Scrivener
> in 1920.
>
> The coastal route (Via Cooma and Bairnsdale) was abandoned in 1989
because:
> 1) It would cost an extra $1 billion to build (1989 prices)
> 2) It wuld add 20 min to the journey to Melbourne
> 3) It would never be allowed through the Alpine National Park
> 4) Commercial viability was based on the assumption new urban-style
>    development along the route at intervals of about 50km.
>
> > Seriously though,  has there been any talk about a branch line to
Perisher  for
> > example?
>
> Skitube looked at extending into Cooma, but there was some engineering
> reason why it can't be done. Besides, there is a receeding snowline.
>
> Cheers
> David