[Qld} Gold Coast Light Rail - latest news

[Leigh Kirwan <lalkirwa@redback.ins.gu.edu.au>]

Gold Coast city councillors were recently briefed on the $200m Stage 1
of the light rail project.  It is to run from the proposed Parkwood
station on the Gold Coast Railway (south of Helensvale where the line
crosses the main arterial road into Southport)to Pacific Fair at
Broadbeach via Griffith University, Gold Coast showgrounds, Gold Coast
Hospital, and the commercial centres of Southport, Surfers Paradise and
Broadbeach.  Mayor Baildon is lobbying the Prime Minister for the $65m
from the failed Brisbane light rail which he says is still up for grabs.
  The Council's transport planning manager, Rod Grose, said that
Queensland Rail had definite plans for a station at Parkwook which was
the closest point to the beachfront.  The line was to be dual track and
have stops every 800m and low platform trains.  The line would later be
extended to Burleigh Heads, then Coolangatta and inland to Robina.(From
Weekend Bulletin Feb 3-4)

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Leigh John KIRWAN  L.Kirwan@mailbox.gu.edu.au
Lecturer in Japanese
School of Languages & Linguistics, Faculty of Arts,  Griffith University
Gold Coast Campus
Parklands Drive, Southport  4215.
PMB 50 Gold Coast Mail Centre, Queensland, Australia 9726.
NOTE NEW UNIVERSITY PHONE NUMBER FROM 3 DEC 2000:  +61 7 5552 8612
Mobile 0403 169 445
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