BUS INTERCHANGE DISAPPOINTMENT
Despite the fact that we now have more local bus services and they now terminate at the station, visually the site is a soulless and bland concrete and stainless steel disaster.
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No toilets, difficult and indirect access to the station and shelters that are unlikely to provide much comfort in winter.
Still no disabled access to the station, while the station itself has a dire need of maintenance. It is not currently something we can be proud of.
After all the promises, Ballarat deserves a better result.
G. Jenzen, Soldiers Hill.
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MAJOR PROJECTS NEED A BETTER WAY
I wonder why projects in Ballarat take so long to complete! 500 plus days for a temporary fix to the Lydiard Street railway gates, 10 months so far for Gregory Street/Gillies Street intersection and still not finished and 10 weeks for intersections in Sebastopol.
The bus interchange is almost complete and working but this project was first heralded in 2017.
What is the answer to prevent traffic disruption and disruption of businesses?
Joyce Currie, Wendouree
MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS MORE INVESTIGATION
Last month in an article in the Courier, 13/11/21.several points made in the statement by Stuart Benjamin concerning the Ausnet situation need to be clarified .
1. His statement that "it is regrettable that the community issues were not raised earlier in the planning process"is entirely due to the fact that Ausnet did its best to obfuscate its proposed route/s, using the Covid crisis as an excuse.
2. Most of the objectors accept the need for the project in pursuit of decarbonisation. What is in dispute is the route. It will cost more to build the line underground, but surely some of the money to be used to compensate farmers for access, etc, could be used to offset these costs.
3. Ausnet needs to fully investigate the alternative of using the Western Highway easement, as far as possible.
4. The idea of a terminal station, possibly ten times the size of the MCG, on prime agricultural land at Mt Prospect, is simply ludicrous.
Finally, this project has been on the cards for four years - how much has changed, particularly in technology, in that time, and will change before decisions are finally made on the project.
Janine Lucato, Buninyong.
SCOOTERS HIGHLIGHT OWNERSHIP RESPONSIBILITY
Privately and publicly owned vehicles have a responsible owner.
Cheaply hired bicycles and e-scooters provide no sense of responsible ownership and are too easily disposable with little, or any, penalty for the abuser.
A bumpy ride on a small, hard wheeled toy, on very limited routes, may provide some entertainment, as did the steel wheeled Victorian-era first models of two-wheeled personal transport, but, the large wheeled pneumatic tyre, geared bicycle is superior.
Get your own and look after it. Some have electric motors.
David Chadderton, Wendouree
