Re: NSW country rail lines upgrade

[Railway Rasputin <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

Hey they should go all the way to Bombala.
It might revitalise the town!
Wish wish wish.

rgds

David Bromage wrote:
> 
> 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