Luke Ingram, Mullumbimby
Byron shire council you have a lot to answer for, high rates paid by only 15000 people. No tourist tax for the 2 million plus visitors each year.
Further increases in rates and the worst bloody roads in the area. In 30 years I have never seen/hit so many pot holes from sunrise to Bruns and mullum. Shameful.
Don’t just look after Byron!
I have just got home from picking up my son from school, following numerous cars swerving all over the road, in the wet, to try and avoid/hit (causing damage to my car) the massive amount of pot holes.
In the last 3 days I have seen road conditions in Sunrise, Brunswick Heads, Ocean Shores, Mullumbimby being some of the worst I have ever experienced. With the Main Street of Brunswick heads actually cracking and not far of being a dirt road with bits of asphalt.
People’s lives are now being compromised by the state of the roads in the shire.
I work in Lismore and they have seen catastrophic floods and rain and have a large area of roads to service yet the majority of there roads are still maintained and in good condition.
Lismore council also has a Facebook page were residents can give feedback. Whereas Byron shire council has no option for this and no clear way of sending feedback accept for email or a phone call.
I think Byron shire council owes its rate payers the ability to be able to travel safely on its roads.
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