Ellenborough Falls, NSW

Teege
You are spot on as Taree has a massive shortfall in money for bridge and road rectification and they are even looking at ways to opt out of some responsability and let others maintain them.

I like your bit about crime and governments but in reality that doesnt work either thats why the Berlin Wall came down.
Ian

Hi All.
Read in today's Telegraph, that Local Councils are considering " SPONSORSHIP " to pick up the tab on infrastructure shortfalls. How could Big Business pick up on this. I can see some fantastic ideas in " Friday Funnies " tomorrow.

" Your local sewer is Sponsored by " BIG POO REMOVALISTS "
We move with the Flow

Its funny you should mention that Teege, I spoke with the shop owner at Marlee and he told me the Council works dept. were grading the road on the other side for the previous week which involved 8x12 tonne trucks, one 40 tonne excavator with semi, one large grader, one 8 tonne roller.

They packed up their gear on Friday and left and on Monday morning placed a 2 tonne limit on bridge declaring it unsafe for heavy vehicles, go figure.

The DMR, now RTA weren't stupid when they handed over to NSW Councils that they were now responsible for all local roads and bridges, except Federal highways, until they are by-passed then reverts back to Council

Note when that family was killed on the old Pacific Highway at Peats Ridge when they drove into the washed out Pacific Highway during a storm, the Coroner blamed Gosford Council for not maintaining the road.

Between Dungog Shire Council, Great Lakes Council, Gloucester Council and Greater Taree they have 40% of wooden bridges in NSW which in Taree alone needs $140 million to update their bridges, where is the monies collected by RTA for the last 11 yrs?