Re: Mystery railway track between Helensburgh and Otford.
Phil Herring (revdoc@uow.edu.au)
19 May 1997 01:58:27 GMT
In article <5lm7c7$v6q$1@sleeper.apana.org.au> Matthew Geier, matthew@sleeper.apana.org.au writes:
> What ever happened to the bi-pass plans ?. 10 or more years ago an EIS was
>undertaken on a plan to build a new line down the escarpment that bi-passed
>the lot - with one of the plans having quite a long tunnel. It was basicly
>draw a line between Bulli and Waterfall and let a TBM loose for a couple of
>years !
Possibly - and this is just a guess - the escarpment was found to be too
unstable for long tunnels. Bear in mind that it's been mined for well over
100 years, and for much of the past few decades, it's been longwall mining.
Subsidence is now a significant problem in the area.
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