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16th June 2010, 09:54 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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New Bike Path
I ride from Bowral to Mittagong (6.5km) on my way to work- hey but it is over a mountain. i knew the council has been planning to link the town with a bike path and had spent $100 000 doing a feasibility study on finding the best route. (We are all in the wrong job- thats obvious).
Don't get me wrong, the bike path would be a great idea. I'm for it. This week it was announced the bike path will go ahead... at a cost of.... (guess and then scroll down)
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cost estimated (and they always go over) is $4.5million. Unbelievable!
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16th June 2010, 10:06 PM #2
Do you ride over the mountain or around the base??
Daughters In-laws live along the base route
Yes but it does include the re-building of the bridge over the railway or are they tunnelling through Mnt Gibraltar
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17th June 2010, 10:30 AM #3GOLD MEMBER
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I ride over the top. I don't know thr preferred route but one option was to go through a disused railway tunnel. That way even the old folks could do it.
Graham
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17th June 2010, 10:36 AM #4
yeah, sounds like they are tunnelling.....
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17th June 2010, 04:48 PM #5
...and Whingeingcarribee Shire Council don't even have the funds to maintain the roads they have !
After losing all that cash on "investments", I'm amazed that this would go ahead.
You probably could tunnel through Mt Gib for that money, but the noise and vibration might upset the locals.....
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17th June 2010, 10:16 PM #6
call it 7 km long, 3m wide, that's 21,000 sq.m at about $210 per sq.m
seems a reasonable number to me based on the information available.
How many bridges do they need to build ?
if it goes through an old rail tunnel you need to factor in the cost of lighting and drainage ?
what do you need to add to the track so wombats and possums are protected from possible injury ?
besides, they're probably planning to get half the cost from the RTA.
BTW, Carry is your house near the Scottish Arms pub ?regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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18th June 2010, 09:02 PM #7GOLD MEMBER
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18th June 2010, 10:53 PM #8
When it comes to Bowral, I'm just an occasional blow-in -- my mother-in-law lives about half way between "the Arms" and Kangaloon Road.
just down from the giant wombats
my personally designed solo 15km criterium ride
BTW You should check out the house one block east of the roundabout. By the stuff in the driveway the owner might be well worth getting to know.regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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19th June 2010, 01:37 PM #9
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19th June 2010, 09:01 PM #10GOLD MEMBER
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Confession;
That was my entry (above) using Neil's log in, in a demo for a 'customer' at the woodshow- showing how easy it was to communicate.
Giant Wombats: On one of the lesser known bike tracks just up the road from The Scottish Arms there are giant wombats in the bush. They are not on the track otherwise they would be graffitied or vandalised. But on a bike sitting up higher you see them in the bush over the shrubs. Worth a look. or you could just drop a question 'have you seen the giant wombats lately- like it's old news to you.
Which roundabout- i know we live in the bush but those rounabouts keep popping up everywhere. Do you mean the one near the Scottish Arms?
Graham
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19th June 2010, 10:08 PM #11
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19th June 2010, 11:18 PM #12
It's the one right at the Scottsh Arms, head away from Bowal, take 1st left
regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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19th June 2010, 11:26 PM #13GOLD MEMBER
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20th June 2010, 12:04 AM #14
Wheelin' lives in an A frame?
if it's in East Bowral, I've got a vague idea I may have driven past itregards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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20th June 2010, 09:31 AM #15
Just got it will PM you.
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