Re: NSW country rail lines upgrade

[dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

David Virgo (dvirgo@pcug.org.au) wrote:

> Jonathan Lau <jonlau@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> > Yesterday's (22/10) Daily Telegraph had an article about 4 new country
> > rail projects in NSW. $ 3 Million have been allocated for:
> >
> > - Reopening of a key section of the Moree-Inverell Line.
> > - Major upgrades of Cooma-Queanbeyan line.
> > - Major upgrades of north western wheat lines.
> > - Extended crossing loop at Emerald Hill near Gunnedah.

> On the Cooma-Queanbeyan line, the work is likely to be extend only as far as
> Hume (timber yards & possible container traffic).

> It's really false advertising to refer to the line as the Cooma-Queanbeyan
> line.

No it's not. Logs are being hauled by road from Bombala to Pt Kembla for
export. If you reopen the line, you can tranship at Cooma.

Residents of Queanbeyan are getting worried about the number of log trucks
in the main street (the Kings Highway), to the point where the Council
voted unanimously to reduce the speed limit of the main drag to 40km/h.

The Coalition's solution at the NSW election was to propose a $35 million
Queanbeyan bypass. $35 million would reopen a lot of railway to perform
exactly the same purpose.

Cheers
David