An Act to sanction the construction of a line of railway from Bungendore to Captain’s Flat; to amend the Public Works Act 1912; and for purposes connected therewith.
1 Name of Act
This Act may be cited as the Bungendore to Captain’s Flat Railway Act 1930.
2 Works sanctioned
The carrying out of the work described in the Schedule to this Act is hereby sanctioned.
3 Plan
The plan of the said work is the plan marked “New South Wales Railways, Bungendore to Captain’s Flat, Schedule Plan”, signed by the Railway Commissioners for New South Wales and countersigned by the Chief Civil Engineer, endorsed L.1733 and deposited in the public office of the said Railway Commissioners.
4 Cost
The cost of carrying out the said work (exclusive of land resumptions) is estimated at two hundred and two thousand eight hundred and sixty pounds, and such estimated cost shall not, under any circumstances, be exceeded by more than ten per centum.
5 Line may be constructed on road
The said line of railway may be constructed on or along or by the side of any road or highway.
6 Fencing
Notwithstanding the provisions of section ninety-one of the Public Works Act 1912, the Constructing Authority shall not be compelled, nor shall it be the duty of the said Authority to make or maintain any fence along the said line of railway for the accommodation of any person or for any purpose whatsoever; but the said Authority may, in its discretion, make and maintain such fences in connection with the said line of railway as it may think fit.
Schedule
THIS proposed railway commences on and leaves the existing Sydney to Cooma Railway at 185 miles 46 chains from Sydney, at a point 3 miles 16 chains south of the centre of the Bungendore Passenger Platform, and proceeds thence in a south-easterly direction, crossing the divide between Lake George and the Molongolo Rivers at 188½ miles, thence still south-easterly passing through the village of Hoskins Town at 194 miles, crossing Thurralilly Creek at 196¾ miles and Molongolo River at 199¼ miles, thence following the western side of that river in a south-easterly direction to Captain’s Flat where it terminates at 206 miles 60 chains from Sydney—being a total length of 21 miles 14 chains and subject to such deviations and modifications as may be considered desirable by the Constructing Authority.