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Pete and Sue Walker
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posted 6/6/07 1:24 AM
Congratulations Mr. Iemma. You seem to have single handedly upset a huge percentage of the population regarding your ridiculous idea of ruining one of Australia's most beautiful and historically important suburbs.For some reason, unknown to anyone, Kurnell seems to be the dumping ground for anything that the Government wants to put somewhere. We already have the oil refinery, planes right over our homes, sand mining, carbon factory etc. So why not dump this here as well. It's only Kurnell. Kurnell doesn't matter. Well guess what? It does matter. We are so sick of having to fight. Every year there seems to be a new battle for us residents.Mr. Iemma, please come and see us. Visit our suburb, our homes. We are real people, with real families and we are just so sick of being the Government dumping ground for anything that other people don't want in their backyard. I am sure that you haven't even been here.What happened to the promise that no work would commence until the dams went below 30%? As we all know, the dams are almost at 40% now and rising, and the forecast is that they will keep rising now. 2 billion dollars. Wow! What could we do with that? The list is endless of the very necessary and run down things in NSW that we could spend that money on, for the benefit of everyone in NSW. Mr. Iemma. Have a look at our hospitals, roads, schools and just think what that money could do to help those things. However, when asked to fix these things, the Government never seems to have any money, but now you find a spare 2 billion for something that nobody wants.Here is an idea - when you look at the dams, and rivers leading into the dams from the air, now that they are very low, you can see along the edges sloping down to the water level, a great deal of river sand and rocks etc. Well, while they are low, why don't you get someone to come and dig and dredge that out and take it away. Then, when it does rain, and it will, the dams capacity will be much bigger, hence a lot more water. Now, this could even be done at very little or no cost to the Government, by giving dredging or mining companies access to the fill that they take away for free. So, they can come and get as much as they like and sell it for clean fill, so everyone is happy.I have also heard another good idea, that, if we really do have to have a desal plant, then put it off-shore, like an oil rig. It can be a floating desal plant, and it can move around the coast of Australia to wherever water is needed at the time and pump fresh water back to shore to pipes that have been put there ready.Plus the obvious one is to collect the rainwater before it gets to the ocean, instead of pumping it back once it has reached there. It's not too late Mr. Iemma. You will not look like a fool for backing down, you will in fact be praised for coming to your senses, however, you will look like a fool if you don't back down. It's time to listen to your people, before it is too late.Sue & Pete Walker, Kurnell
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