The elephant in the room for the 57 Station St development application (DA), site suitability, is censored from public feedback on the DA by the applicant company, Landcom.
All such comments are not published on their online site, and at the so-called public consultation last week, any such questions were immediately referred to Council as we are told they have deemed the site suitable. Yet all sorts of technical and social studies are underway.
Isn’t this the cart before the horse?
We need social housing, yes, but we need enlightened councillor input before this process at such an unsuitable site gets too far.
Issues include flooding, aesthetics, no parking, traffic jams, emissions from cafes, overcrowded CBD – and dismissal of the Mullumbimby Masterplan.
And what’s happening with the bigger, old hospital site please?
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. 
