Thread: Highway through Newnes NSW

Originally Posted by one_iota

For those of us in and around Sydney who use this country for 4wd fun this proposal could be interesting to follow:

RTA to investigate Newnes Plateau highway alternative - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

What a bunch of halfwits, i suppose the great Western Hwy is OK then and doesn't need attention

Look it's very plain to me anyway LOL that one of the best developmental exercises that the NSW state government could do is a build an expressway up the Grose Valley from the M7 , then a tunnel through the ridge between the Grose and the Great Western Highway to the west of Mount Victoria.
They could do a cut and cover into the side of the Grose with limited impact as they do in Switzerland and elsewhere
Will it happen? Probably never.
It is ludicrous that the Great Western Highway can never be widened because of the convict walls on Victoria Pass, and that the road goes through every small town following Blackland, Lawson and Wentworth's original route.
The economic benefit to the Central West would be immense.
Maybe they intend to Go from Katooma along the ridge and down along "Spanish Steps" area. This is only a cheapo stop gap.
Regards Philip A

Sorry Redback , but the condition of the Great Western Hwy from (Mt Victoria?) to Lithgow is the reason for their investigation.

Hi PhilipA,
I hope that you're joking, but suspect that you're not. Please tell me that I'm wrong.

these guys are kidding themselves, like building the harbour tunnel with only 2 lanes each way, lacks foresight, but what do you expect from a bunch of di ckheads.
there's only one answer to open up the west, and that's to build an elevated dual carriageway, six lanes each way, straight from the western distributor to dubbo, then reduce it to four lanes each way to the border.
no more of this stuffing around. if they do this now, they will go down in history as the people that had the guts to go forward, move ahead!
they will be hailed as pioneers and heroes like the people that got the snowy scheme off the ground.
you expect a few whingers to complain about the road noise through their leafy suburbs, but it's time to face reality, we live in the biggest city in Australia, it's going to be noisey, live with it or move out, we need the room anyway.

Originally Posted by one_iota

For those of us in and around Sydney who use this country for 4wd fun this proposal could be interesting to follow:

RTA to investigate Newnes Plateau highway alternative - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

why is it that they can bulldoze virgin bushland and us 4wdrivers are not even allowed to break a blade of grass.from leyland

Originally Posted by barney

these guys are kidding themselves, like building the harbour tunnel with only 2 lanes each way, lacks foresight, but what do you expect from a bunch of di ckheads.
there's only one answer to open up the west, and that's to build an elevated dual carriageway, six lanes each way, straight from the western distributor to dubbo, then reduce it to four lanes each way to the border.
no more of this stuffing around. if they do this now, they will go down in history as the people that had the guts to go forward, move ahead!
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OR stuff roads and deal with public transport even. I have almost stopped driving due to cost and would appreciate some decent public transport. If I wanted I could afford it but I choose not too. The future is not in upgrading roads, only maintaing. As long as they make some good public transport.

having worked in the area and having been told a version of the history,the original plan for the road was to turn right at what is known as newnes junction on the bells road and descend from the blue mountains plateau near the blackfellows hands which is near the top of the Wolgan valley,if you look at a topo map of the area you will notice the ridge between the two is at an even grade.and the drop down through Blackfellows hands is piddling compared to mt victoria pass and the bells line this was aparently the prefered route west.however politics of the time came into play and the route was changed to pass through Lithgow.I agree that to bulldoze the bush in this area will be a crime the area should be left as is.