A New Dam On The Mary???

[Straitened Out]

It interests me that the vast majority of people whose homes will be inundated exist on tank water. How can we justify displacing them to give "town water" people more water?

[TimiBoy]

Government should buy back all the houses where the Wolfdene dam was going to be. Make Kebbin pay for it. He's the effwit who put them there in the first place. Then the Mary'd be fine, Brisbane'd be fine, we'd all be swimming in the stuff.

I swear the amount of trouble that one decision has caused (he was a key driver) - if I saw that perky bespectacled little twit bobbing up and down on my front doormat I'd snot the bastard.

My two cents.

Tim

[TimiBoy]

This idea that we should artificially control the growth of a community (Brisbane) is visionless and just plain daft. What happens when we limit growth? Well, housing prices go up. Thus rents go up, and those who don't have the money are forced out the bottom.

Those who are forced out have lost everything trying to survive, so cannot afford to move.

Increased crime, homelessness, mortgage stress, and so on. We're already seeing it given not enough land is being released nation wide.

There is sooo much work in SE Qld, and some folks want to stop workers coming here to do it? Staff are costing me a fortune, so guess who's paying their wages? You guys! But then the same people complain about prices going up.

Simple Economics. Very simple.

Tim

[Jim_Tait]

Simple Economics. Very simple.

Tim

Thats the problem - its so freaking simple its retarded!

[Mike Delisser]

This dam is not for recreational purposes this was stated publicy at a local meeting. So forget boating, sailing etc. on this dam.
Chappy

Not being built for recreational purposes is the info I have Chappy, same as every dam. I saw a proposed plan once that had a 3 lane boat ramp.
Mike

[TimiBoy]

Here's my latest happy thought.

After building this dam, stealing Council's water assets and melding them into a bureacratic jumble of sh!t, laying a gazillion pipes and and playing in the sandpit... wait for it...

They will privatise the lot.

Happy Days.

Tim

[tunaticer]

Personally I think the dam should be built at a much better location about 20km downstream, there is a perfect set of adjutments naturally needing bridging and the best part Gympie will have a high tide mark for most of the yr. That town needs replacing.

Jack.

[Cammy]

Geez this thread is still going, what have i started! althought its good in a way for all the new members to know whats happening and no how they can help to prevent this from happening.

Cam