The purpose of the trip was to meet with Wollongong City Council and other members of the LRTC to push for more freight into Wollongong port and to open railway lines including Maldon/Dombarton and Blayney to Demondrille railway line.

Dennis Hughes and Myself at the invitation of LRTC member Gary Braithwaite from Dubbo drove out to inspect the condition of the existing rail line in the Toongi area.

Call for private sector interest to reopen Cowra lines. Minister for Roads and Ports Duncan Gay today called for registrations of interest from the private sector to restore, operate and maintain 200 kilometres of rail line between Blayney and Demondrille – commonly known as the ‘The Cowra Lines’.

The Central West Transport Forum is the remnant of the Futures 30 transport and infrastructure committee that emerged from a conference set up some years ago by the Cowra Council.

The transport and infrastructure committee was one of six committees resulting from the conference but only four of the seventy participants chose transport as their main area of interest.