Re: Garbage on Rails

[Don Allitt <nahgfa@zeta.org.au>]

O.K. if Singleton is still a goer i think it is a rail and truck combination.
Don.

TM wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 14:02:50 +1000, David Bromage
> <dbromage@omni.com.au> wrote:
>
> >Don Allitt wrote:
> >>
> >> At the start of 2001 there are two lots of garbage supposed to go by rail one to
> >> the Singleton area and one to the Musselbrook area 400,000 tonnes each per
> >> annum.
> Transport of garbage to the Muswellbrook mine was banned by the NSW
> government due to the risk of bringing the Phlloxera bug into a grape
> growing area. The are vineyards within 2 km of the mine.
> >
> >I thought that project had been abandoned due to local objections, which
> >is how Woodlawn became an option.
> >
> >The original idea from ~4 years ago was to use, I think, Stockrington
> >No.2 as the rubbish dump. Numerous jokers on this newsgroup suggested
> >swapping 86s for 10 classs tanks at Broadmeadow. :)
> >
> >Cheers
> >David
> Stockrington proposal has been abandoned - extensive local objections.
>
> IIRC Singleton council recently approved the use of the old
> Ravensworth opencut for dumping garbage.
>
> Tony