Re: Carr road rescue derails train lin

[Mark & Roz Creely <mcreely@pnc.com.au>]

Greg,

I can, to a certain degree see the point you are trying to make, but duplicating the
rail line to Richmond is not the only solution.

As a person who regularly uses that abomination that is called Windsor rd , I can
assure you Mr Carrs statement is long overdue.

Not everyone can use public transport, shiftworkers etc. So rail and bus is not the
only answer.  I do believe there should be  a rail link to the many housing
developments that are ocurring in that area, but as Windsor Rd is a major arterial
road it should be 4 lanes(which will be obsolete by the time it's built).

On top of this 1999 - 2000, 12 people lost their lives on this stretch of road ,if
that happened on rail there would be a public outcry.

Hopefully if NSW and Vic. get their way and get the extra 1 billion dollars of GST
revenue the federal go sees fit to give to the other states(despite what was
promised), then we might see all these improvements happen and a real transport
strategy developed.

Thats my 2 bobs worth

regards

Mark

Greg Rudd wrote:

> 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