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Hole Lot of Trouble By Rachael VAUGHAN
THE recently completed kerb ramps installed on many street corners around the Boyd Oval area have been a welcome addition to the community’s infrastructure. But the kerb ramp installed onto the corner of Maple Close and Grey Gum Street in September has become nothing but a hindrance for surrounding residents. The construction of the ramp appeared to be problematic for council workers assigned to construct the new kerb ramps, and the site was left unfinished, with an open hole next to the new ramp and sidewalk, leaving wires and cables exposed. Residents nearby have made multiple phone calls to
Port Stephens Council to have the site finished, but are still waiting for a response, leaving them frustrated and angry about the potential safety risk. After the first phone call to alert Council to the problem, Council workers were sent out to erect makeshift barricades and fencing designed to stop residents from entering the area where the cables and wires are exposed via a large hole in the ground. The makeshift nature of these barricades acted as a bright flashing light to vandals who are constantly targeting the area, moving the barricades away from the exposed cables and opening up the hazard. Local residents Kelly and
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No Satisfaction By Heather SHARP
TWO Community Walk-In Sessions were hosted by the Department of Defence on Wednesday December 14 for residents and businesses impacted by the ongoing contamination issue.
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Ostensibly, the sessions were held to provide those negatively affected with information about the Ecological Risk Assessment (ERA) report carried out at the RAAF Base Williamtown. However, the Walk-In Session did not meet the
needs of all local residents. Speaking to Medowie News Of The Area, Mr Cain Gorfine from the Williamtown And Surrounds Residents’ Action Group said, “Yet again the community left the Defence Session frustrated and
angry.” “Defence admitted that the chemicals are still leaving the base on a daily basis into the surrounding community, but that cleanup efforts have only been explored on base with no consideration given to the
local residents or their properties.” With news in that the Hunter Estuary Wetlands has also been impacted by the Williamtown contamination, it is likely that many communities, both ecological and human,
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