BUNGWAHL Public School students impressed Great Lakes Council staff with their quick thinking about community issues during a recent visit to the office and chambers.
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The council’s traffic engineer Wade Holmes led the students from years three to six through a real community consultation on the Forster Waterside Renewal project.
The project looks to open up the foreshore for recreational use and solve traffic problems in Forster’s central business district.
Students were given the floor to ask Mr Holmes the hard questions on how to provide more CBD car parking spaces, while allowing for foreshore recreational use and a safe cycleway along Memorial Drive.
‘‘The students quickly grasped the essential elements of the plan from the proposal’s map and the questions were very insightful, adding greatly to those we have received from adults in our community,’’ Mr Holmes said.
‘‘It was remarkable that some students also spoke up and explored other options to try to solve the issues facing us in Forster’s CBD.’’
