Re: Gold coast rail extension?

["John Wayman" <trecker@bigpond.com>]

Rob Kearey wrote in message <36770494.B73FD2D8@mailbox.uq.edu.au>...
>You might want to take a look at a map of Surfers Paradise - it's a
>convoluted and very heavily developed estuary, with little obvious scope
>for heavy rail. A light rail connection to Robina would be far more
>feasible, but I can't see it happening on the Gold Coats, as It's Not A
>Monorail.
>

Why not heavy rail? They could build it as an elevated railway over roads.
It has been done before.

I'm not sure what it would do for property values,

Cheers
John Wayman