Hervey Bay Infrastructure
There are many people in Hervey Bay that want to see the city develop but can the infrastructure in Hervey Bay really cope with that development?
Despite the current rain we are currently living with water restrictions and there is the very real threat that those restrictions could become much tougher. What are we doing about developing new water supplies?
Are we going to end up like another Queensland tourist town a few years ago and tell tourists to bring their own water?
What about our roads? We are seeing new resorts going up all along the foreshore and yet we have a major tourist road now classed as the worst local government road in Queensland.
The Council is allowing new housing developments to spring up all over town but has adequate planning gone into those developments?
Just take a drive out along main street and look down over the old railway line at the new houses down in the hollow. One former train driver well remembers seeing that hollow flooded on many occasions. What is going to happen when the rains do come back?
Anyone who lives in Kuwangan or Urraween knows the hassles of travelling to Bay Centro. There is no other way than to go out onto Boat Harbour Drive and add to the traffic congestion there. Yet there is just a couple of hundred metres of road needed to run from Main Street but it looks as though it’s never going to happen.
Development is a wonderful thing but sometimes we need to stop and take a deep breath and meet the needs of the people who are already here. I wonder when we’re going to get around to doing that?
