Re: Rubbish to Cessnock.
Goodwin Alco (alco@planet.net.au)
Fri, 27 Feb 1998 15:59:32 +1100
Barry Campbell wrote:
>
> Maurie Daly wrote in message ...
> >On the ABC news tonite (25/3/) was an article about transporting rubbish
> from
> >Sydney to a proposed rubbish dump in Cessnock in the Hunter Valley.
> >Without wishing to get into the merits / otherwise of doing this , the
> article
> >indicated that the rubbish ,all 12 million tonnes of it per annum , would
> be
> >trucked from Sydney to Cessnock.
> >Surely this is an ideal purpose for rail.
> >How many trucks will be needed to transport 12 million tonnes per annum.
> >A bloody lot.
> >
> >cheers
> >MD
> >
>
> One problem is that there is no railway line from Sydney to Cessnock. There
> is one from Sydney to Broadmeadow to Maitland to Cessnock but the road run
> direct. Having said that 12 mtpa equates to around 1000 trucks per day (ie
> one truck every 90 seconds) which does not seem feasible as it would require
> a massive fleet. Mind you - even the ABC broadcasts rubbush (sorry) these
> days.
>
> Barry Campbell
I cant see the round about way to Cessnock being a problem. Surely the
load is not time sensitive and has to be there in the quickest possible
time.
Brad Peadon