Letters to the Editor Southland Times
published 19th November 2012
I have to admit I am curious as to why there is so much need for better access to Milford Sound of late when it is doing just great as it stands.
Two things have come up that are going mean change, Firstly the Chinese boom in Queenstown and Second the boom in Cruise ship Visits..
I was surprised to learn the there is quite a potential demand to Carry Cruise Ship Passengers across our scenic Heartland from Milford Sound to Dunedin.
The numbers are quite staggering if you consider that this season up to 90 Cruise ships will Visit Fiordland. Considering The Scenic Diversion across our Heartland will give passengers a break from Rough Seas around the Roaring Forties on our South West Corner, one can see a quicker Diversion to Dunedin would be very desirable.
I even wonder if the old Wanganella Dock at Doubtful Sound would be pressed back into service if a Te Anau Diversion is ever contemplated...
As for News of the Westland Road Revival, poor old Gun’s Hollyford Camp might end up getting Hammered if a tunnel starts up too! But that’s another story.
I say yes to a road as long as it’s only one lane for light vehicles, in-fact if all main tracks in Fiordland where upgraded to take small ATVs and Bicycles maintenance would be so much easier and cost effective, anyway, I recall that there was already an old bull-dozer track cut from the Pyke to the Cascade in the 60s ?
published 19th November 2012
I have to admit I am curious as to why there is so much need for better access to Milford Sound of late when it is doing just great as it stands.
Two things have come up that are going mean change, Firstly the Chinese boom in Queenstown and Second the boom in Cruise ship Visits..
I was surprised to learn the there is quite a potential demand to Carry Cruise Ship Passengers across our scenic Heartland from Milford Sound to Dunedin.
The numbers are quite staggering if you consider that this season up to 90 Cruise ships will Visit Fiordland. Considering The Scenic Diversion across our Heartland will give passengers a break from Rough Seas around the Roaring Forties on our South West Corner, one can see a quicker Diversion to Dunedin would be very desirable.
I even wonder if the old Wanganella Dock at Doubtful Sound would be pressed back into service if a Te Anau Diversion is ever contemplated...
As for News of the Westland Road Revival, poor old Gun’s Hollyford Camp might end up getting Hammered if a tunnel starts up too! But that’s another story.
I say yes to a road as long as it’s only one lane for light vehicles, in-fact if all main tracks in Fiordland where upgraded to take small ATVs and Bicycles maintenance would be so much easier and cost effective, anyway, I recall that there was already an old bull-dozer track cut from the Pyke to the Cascade in the 60s ?
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