Totally agree with Annie Radermacher (Echo Nov.1).Council needs to put their resources into fixing the current infrastructure problems before contemplating adding thousands more homes to this area – fixing them, not patching them. This includes communicating and negotiating with relevant agencies to clear Brunswick River and Saltwater Creek to ensure the future safety of Mullumbimby residents and businesses.
Mullumbimby Residents Association asked why Coolamon Scenic Drive is included in the Residential Strategy when a DA was refused in 2018 – flood area and impact on existing residences was not assessed.
Impact on existing residences and businesses should be the top priority in any and all planning. These people have spent their lives paying rates and taxes to achieve a safe secure home.
They expect the council they elected to do their job and protect them.
The current emphasis on new housing has ignored consideration of the impact on existing residences.
Mad, irresponsible, reckless decisions to provide housing for one group while simultaneously making existing groups potentially homeless should be strongly rejected by all ratepayers/taxpayers in large, loud numbers.
Surely it’s now clearly evident that government’s disaster relief is mostly political grandstanding, empty rhetoric. So prevention is better than hoping for help.
Marlene Crompton
Mullumbimby
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