Re: Casino-Murwillumbah

[L & D <daisyw@ozemail.com.au>]

David Proctor wrote:

> L & D wrote in message <36819CEB.D6EE33D5@ozemail.com.au>...
>
> >With very little combined planning at least the winding section of railway
> >after it crosses over the Pacific hwy just before the Coast road exit could
> be
> >totally replaced in conjunction with the up grade of the pacific hwy (which
> in
> >the area  is costing over $230 million)  although they would no longer
> service
> >Murrwillumbah as it would be some distance away and they would have to find
> >another terminus.
>
> Extend to Tweed Heads, maybe? Or Coolangatta?
>
> What are the construction costs for a railway built down the middle of a
> freeway? Are they greatly reduced compared to a normal railway or only
> reduced in a minor way? The actual railway costs would be reduced, but the
> freeway construction would be increased due to the wider reservation
> required, also the protective measures to prevent crashed vehicles from
> ending up on the railway.

I realize that there would be additional costs but there has to be something
done to the existing line and also it must at some stage continue to at least to
Tweed Heads. On Tweed Heads and locations surrounding it what other NSW location
that is larger does not have a railway line.???

> Would the extra freeway costs be less than the
> amount saved from a new railway?
>
> David Proctor
> daproc.spambait@umpires.com