Collossus of Rhodes bypasses a solution
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Originally Posted by
Arbitrage
Hi Zaphod. I understand that the problem with Northport is the rail link to Auckland. Apparently the tunnels are too small to handle the type of freight required to be transhipped and it would be uneconomic to upgrade. Perhaps someone else may be able to enlighten this?
Actually rather than Gerry Brownlee(The Colossus of Rhodes) spending billions on the Holiday Highway he could have got better bang-for-his-buck and made a superior contibution to economic development in Northland if had spent less money, upgraded the Northland Rail Line and built a rail spur to Marsden Point.
Boop boop de do
Marilyn
Oh no - not another Paper Tiger reminiscence
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Originally Posted by
pedro.nz
Bit off topic I know but have a look at the traffic in the English channel - scary stuff if you are in a sailboat...
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The pinch point there is the Dover Straits where not only are the big ships running up and down but the Dover-Calais passenger ferries are cutting across.
It is all monitored from the HM Dover Coastguard Operations Room (built upon an old gun emplacement) and where I spent some time in the late 80's during the installation and commissioning of a new radar system, having designed some of it.
I remember standing at those windows and watching as a SRN4 hovercraft struggled to get into Dover Harbour having been caught out by a sudden storm.
Best Wishes
Paper Tiger