Re: Carr road rescue derails train lin

["David Martin" <d_martin@mountains.net.au>]

It seems to me that the 2 projects are not greatly competitive.

How many of the people using the Windsor to Parramatta road corridor would
stop doing so if the Parra - Chats rail link was in place? Very few, I
think. The 2 projects serve different purposes.

As a Blue Mountains resident, I want to see the rail link built. But it also
seems to me that the upgrade of Windsor Rd is long overdue.

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David Martin
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"Greg Rudd" <grudd@mail.usyd.edu.au> wrote in message
3ABEE82D.4FC13606@mail.usyd.edu.au">news:3ABEE82D.4FC13606@mail.usyd.edu.au...
>
>
> kingpin1@ozemail.com.au wrote:
>
> > 'Twas a dark and stormy night on Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:15:29 +1000 as
David
> > Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> took time out from the neverending
quest to
> > rid the world of grues and wrote:
> >
> > > The Carr Government's big fix for Sydney's rail system is all but
> > > abandoned, with no money or timetable to build the vaunted
> > > Parramatta-Chatswood link. Instead, the Premier has promised to
replace
> > > by 2006 the overcrowded Windsor Road with a four-lane highway "all the
> > > way to Windsor", at a cost of $323 million.
> >
> > Very predictable.
>
> Hi all
>
> I wonder has any one caught on that with the additonal two lanes and new
alignment
> on Windsor Rd will probably have the effect of channeling more traffic
onto the M2
> tollway which will no doubt please everyone in 2WS land and also the share
holders
> in the tollway which after all belong to the electorate that really
matters i.e the
> financial markets. With the net effect of this short-term decision is that
more
> people will drive instead of using public transport, increased C02
emmisions and
> increased traffic gridlock around the Lane Cove area.  While the rail link
would be
> competition to the tollway. For the $323m spent on the Richmond-Blacktown
railway
> would probably buy you a dual track line all the way to Richmond. and may
be a
> branchline to Kellyville.
>
> Any other thoughts on this?
>
> -greg
>
>