David Vago’s vision for the foreshore published in The Echo, and all the Byron Shire Council options recently exhibited for public consultation, are all missing a once-in-a-generation opportunity.
The masterplan must include a new beach access at the western end of the pool, directly linking the existing carpark to the beach.
Council owns the First Sun Caravan Park – not including a small part of its land for a new beach access and enlarging the existing on grade (street level) carpark at the rear of the pool is nearly ‘criminal’, and prevents a great urban design outcome.
Let’s hope the new Byron Council is far more visionary than the last in relation to design outcomes for this part of the foreshore.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
