Re: Yarra Trams given to Metrolink

[John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au>]

David McLoughlin wrote:

> It's not an extra block, it's a couple of kilometres.
 

> And would it be economic to extend the 57 to Avondale Heights, or should
> it be cut back to the Westland Shopping Centre? I would run the 82 up
> Rosamund Raod from Raleigh Street to go past the shopping centre... the
> tracks parallel to Wests Road are in a shocking state and need
> replacement, so there would be no great extra cost, and the tram would
> run past a traffic generator rather than through a wasteland. If there
> is no point extending the 57, I would cut it back and turn it into
> Rasamund Rd and terminate it at the shopping centre.
 
> David McLoughlin
> Auckland New Zealand

It would be nice to extend the 57 to Avondale Heights, but I suspect the
cost
of the Bridge over the river would be prohibitive.
Regarding Highpoint Shopping Centre, a realignment of the 82 to run past
it
instead of away from it would be sensible.

John McCallum