tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post5834012038090592050..comments2024-01-20T10:32:53.309+10:00Comments on CairnsBlog.net: Trains discounted forever in Government transport plansMichael P Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02890121680113642715noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-4208338152361855422009-09-18T17:09:19.037+10:002009-09-18T17:09:19.037+10:00We need a monorail!We need a monorail!stinhambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18417959446383312611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-59053434181015392932009-09-17T07:18:57.151+10:002009-09-17T07:18:57.151+10:00Clifton Ratbag:
Train service is nonsense?
Are ...Clifton Ratbag: <br /><br />Train service is nonsense?<br /><br />Are you director of Dept of Transport ?<br /><br />Only a few users??? Are you serious or is it a gee up ?? Have you lived anywhere other then Cairns ? In a major city ??<br /><br />The bulding a new hosipitl, The southern corridor is expanding, JCU expansion, no parking (or details of future parking alotments) in the city - and yet you think no one will use it ? Not to mention the price of fuel and the environment impact of diesal buses running around. There would be thousands of people wanting to use the system.<br /> <br />I dont think anyone on this site or other forums denies that the costs are large or that our population will need to grow to fully justify the costs. But what are we told constantly by our hack politicians? <br /><br />We are told: QLD is the fatest growing state, Cairns is one of the fastest growing areas! and all we have is Sunbus!!!! We need infrasturture in place now for the future.<br /><br />I find it completly ignorant, arrogant, stupid and pathetic that someone could honestly say that a train service running from Gordonvale to Palm cove is not a good idea for Cairns.<br /><br />The problem is that all levels of Govt are broke and with Cairns being at the End of the line (Sorry for pun)we miss out AGAIN!<br /><br />Thank you Desely,Pitt, That other bloke, Schier and the dreamer in Canberra.Wade Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-6220265189236564022009-09-16T21:55:39.801+10:002009-09-16T21:55:39.801+10:00I'd love trains going everywhere. I'd als...I'd love trains going everywhere. I'd also like my own full-time chef, a butler, free housing on the beach, and my own airplane and pilot 24/7. The reality is that rail is enormously expensive to operate for the few number of passengers that it garners. Cairns has no where near the population, nor density, to support rail. Where does the money come from, morons? This "we want rail" mantra is complete nonsense. It will NEVER happen. Not if Cairns MP's had control of the government. It's not a reasonable solution to transport.<br /><br />Claiming that Cairns is "choked with traffic" is absurd. A couple places have moderately heavy traffic for small times of the day, nothing even approaching maximum road capacity. <br /><br />The professional are correct, dedicated buslanes, restricted busways, and other related strategies are useful and workable. <br /><br />And for the guy that wants to know why trucks are being diverted thru Redlynch, the answer is simple: The inbound bridge over the Barron River has deteriorated to the point where heavy vehicles are unsafe on this bridge. Funny how no one at Main Roads has made this clear to the community - likely because then they'll have to deal with citizens that actually think it should be replaced. No one wants to spend any money.Clifton Ratbags Rulenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-57761640299773617482009-09-16T16:04:37.798+10:002009-09-16T16:04:37.798+10:00All it will take is for a major catastrophe to hap...All it will take is for a major catastrophe to happen in the central business district, followed by a massive gridlock caused by panicked motorists in which essential service vehicles, fire, army etc are UNABLE to enter, hundreds of people are killed, buildings destroyed etc before the "authorities" do anything. Everyone remember what Mulgrave Road was like a couple of years ago with the false "tsunami" scare?????Thaddeusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-56686824941050227322009-09-16T15:28:54.450+10:002009-09-16T15:28:54.450+10:00We need a 21st Century Cairns.We need a 21st Century Cairns.stinhambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18417959446383312611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-14747191813992508122009-09-16T12:23:45.496+10:002009-09-16T12:23:45.496+10:00This is crap.
Council is Crap
State Gov is crap
...This is crap.<br /><br />Council is Crap<br /><br />State Gov is crap<br /><br />Fed Gov is crap<br /><br />Its all CRAP<br /><br />We will stay a little backwater hick town with no infrastructure. We will lose out to Townsville for all future events and conventiosn etc and out Tourism $$ wil be pissed up against the wall and will eventually completly dry up because our city will not be worth visiting!!<br /><br />Have i said that this is Crap ??Wade Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-74346307244325384732009-09-16T10:38:10.929+10:002009-09-16T10:38:10.929+10:00is anyone able to tell me with Heavy Vehicles are ...is anyone able to tell me with Heavy Vehicles are detoured via Redlynch?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09043324290955327860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-3211964732165924852009-09-16T10:02:16.826+10:002009-09-16T10:02:16.826+10:00Grr this small minded town gives me the shits with...Grr this small minded town gives me the shits with their backward views of how to do simple things like how to best get to a town centre.<br /><br />I'd love to cycle from White Rock to the CBD but I value my life too much to attempt it.<br /><br />I'd love to catch a light electric train that runs the length of Cairns from Gordonvale to Palm Cove but of course this is too big an idea for our simple councilors to lobby the government for funding.<br /><br />Do they not see that by moving traffic from the roads, they will have a cleaner and safer town and will have to spend less in maintaining roads?<br /><br />This will increase tourism and boost business as hotels, cafes and tourism ventures can sprout along this transport corridor. There won't be a huge need to be in the CBD because it's a dog to get in there in the first place.<br /><br />Lastly, something needs to be done to make it easier and more cost effective to get to and from the airport. Again, a light metro would be a great idea.stinhambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18417959446383312611noreply@blogger.com