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just being a transport corridor to get from point A to point B .

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spend money in that area .”

Sustainable He says raising the rail line rather than lowering it has benefits from an environmental sustainability point of view , including not needing to move infrastructure , like gas or water mains , or dig up contaminated material that ’ s been in the rail corridor for a long time .

“ All we do is once we actually elevate the train line ,” he says , “ is strip the surface off , so get rid of any of the nasty stuff , and then reinstate a beautiful linear park . And we can actually improve the natural environment .

“ One of the key design elements is capturing all of that storm water run off from the elevated structure , so from the bridge up in the air , and

using it to irrigate the linear park .”

It ’ s a game of many parts involving stakeholders from councils , Vic Track – who own the land asset – and Metro Trains , who run it . Summers believed it will be the local councils who are ultimately responsible for maintaining each element , “ because it ’ s their constituents that will actually be using it ”.

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