Fingal needs attention
I would like to pose a question to Port Stephens Council and ask: why is Fingal Bay being neglected?
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We still have dead trees down along the foreshore walkway from the 2014 mini cyclone, yet if it was Shoal or Nelson Bay they would have been removed ages ago.
It is a beautiful walk along the water yet it is full of rubbish growth that is quite frankly an eyesore. I often hear tourists comment how nice it would be to actually see the water, as you walk along, instead of dead trees and undergrowth.
Sections of Lentara Street are cracking and breaking up and drains are blocked with leaves. I am often ringing the council requesting the street sweeper. Fingal Bay draws a lot of activities and money to Port Stephens, surely it could be treated with more respect. We need the Fingal Bay bypass to actually get started, instead of just talk and no action.
Jenny Eletr, Fingal Bay
Also read: Letters to the Editor, March 14
Cap the development
Is anyone else concerned about the recent construction of massive concrete mansions in Fingal Bay?
What was once a beautiful, historical seaside village is now being turned into a juggernaut of "who can build the biggest, ugliest concrete monstrosity".
Elderly residents who have enjoyed sunshine and beach views for most of their adult lives are being left in the darkness of the shadows of these ugly new monoliths. Most of these monstrous sized homes will only be used for a few weeks each year during peak holiday times. Who approves these houses?
Why is there no heritage protection in our village that has such significant historical importance?
Over development is destroying the seaside village ambiance that attracted them here in the first place. I would like to call for an amendment to the allowable size of new homes in Fingal to protect the seaside village ambiance. In the words of Joni Mitchell "they paved paradise and put up a parking lot".
That is happening here and now. I'm not against measured development, but what is going on now is, in my opinion, greedy over-development.
C Outteridge, Fingal Bay
Also read: Letters to the Editor, March 7
Thanks for support
John and Colleen Collins would like to thank Dot, Heather and Peter and all the friends who cared, and gave their support, for Katie's recovery after a dog attack at Beach Parade, Tanilba Bay.
Katie is back to her lovely self. Much appreciated and thanks to you all.
Colleen Collins, Tanilba Bay
A hospital would be better
Although funding promises have been coming thick and fast for the State election, real benefit of some for the community is somewhat obscure.
For example, duplication of Nelson Bay Road, if delivered in eight years, should benefit the Bay area.
For $600 million, one could build a central hospital sooner in Salt Ash to benefit whole Port Stephens from east to west; yet no new hospital is on offer. Can an upgraded Nelson Bay Road significantly reduce travel time to the $780m redeveloped John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle?
For people needing hospitalisation one minute can be a life time.
Ernest To, Medowie
Also read: Letters to the Editor, February 28
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