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New South Wales act
Authorises construction of an electric railway from near St Leonards to near Eastwood along the route set out in the Schedule, based on a deposited plan, and allows the works to be built on or alongside public roads (ss 2–3, sch, s5).
Sets the estimated construction cost at £693,918 with a 10% maximum exceedance (land resumptions excluded); the Railway Commissioners/Chief Engineer hold the plan and the Constructing Authority may make route deviations (s4, s3, sch).
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Direct links to the current provisions in St. Leonards to Eastwood Railway Act 1927.
2 Work sanctioned
The carrying out of the work described in the Schedule to this Act is hereby sanctioned.
3 The plan
The plan of the said work is the plan marked “N.S.W. Railways, St. Leonards to Eastwood, Schedule Plan”, signed by the Railway Commissioners for New South Wales and countersigned by the Chief Engineer for Railway and Tramway Construction, 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 six hundred and ninety-three thousand nine hundred and eighteen pounds, and such estimated cost shall not, under any circumstances, be exceeded by more than ten per centum.
5 Work may be constructed on road
The said work may be constructed on or along or by the side of any road or highway.
Schedule
THE proposed electric railway commences at a point on the Milson’s Point to Hornsby line at 3 miles 30 chains from Milson’s Point, and about 40 chains north of St. Leonards Station; the route proceeds in a westerly direction to Parklands-avenue, thence it bears south-westerly to the head of Burns Bay, and takes a generally north-westerly direction and crosses Lane Cove River immediately north of its confluence on its western side with Buffalo Creek; ascends Kitty’s Creek, at the head of which a westerly bearing takes it past the northern side of North Ryde Public School and School of Arts, across the Great North road and to the terminus at 11 miles 56 chains from Milson’s Point at a point about 20 chains north of the Eastwood Station on the existing Sydney to Hornsby line, being a total distance of 9 miles 6 chains, including the branch line to the Northern Suburbs Cemetery, and subject to such deviations and modifications as may be considered desirable by the Constructing Authority.
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1 Name of Act
This Act may be cited as the St. Leonards to Eastwood Railway Act 1927.
2 Work sanctioned
The carrying out of the work described in the Schedule to this Act is hereby sanctioned.
3 The plan
The plan of the said work is the plan marked “N.S.W. Railways, St. Leonards to Eastwood, Schedule Plan”, signed by the Railway Commissioners for New South Wales and countersigned by the Chief Engineer for Railway and Tramway Construction, 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 six hundred and ninety-three thousand nine hundred and eighteen pounds, and such estimated cost shall not, under any circumstances, be exceeded by more than ten per centum.
5 Work may be constructed on road
The said work may be constructed on or along or by the side of any road or highway.
Schedule
THE proposed electric railway commences at a point on the Milson’s Point to Hornsby line at 3 miles 30 chains from Milson’s Point, and about 40 chains north of St. Leonards Station; the route proceeds in a westerly direction to Parklands-avenue, thence it bears south-westerly to the head of Burns Bay, and takes a generally north-westerly direction and crosses Lane Cove River immediately north of its confluence on its western side with Buffalo Creek; ascends Kitty’s Creek, at the head of which a westerly bearing takes it past the northern side of North Ryde Public School and School of Arts, across the Great North road and to the terminus at 11 miles 56 chains from Milson’s Point at a point about 20 chains north of the Eastwood Station on the existing Sydney to Hornsby line, being a total distance of 9 miles 6 chains, including the branch line to the Northern Suburbs Cemetery, and subject to such deviations and modifications as may be considered desirable by the Constructing Authority.