Please fix bike track
MY name is Ella. I am nine years old and I go to Haven Primary School.
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I have a couple of complaints to make.
My first complaint is about the state of the bike track in Haven that goes to McKenzie Creek.
It is uneven, ragged and very bumpy.
There are way too many ants and weeds growing through the track near Hardinghams Road.
I strongly believe that council should fix up this track because, as a bike rider, I find it hard to ride on and I almost fall off.
When I go walking with my nana, we both hurt our ankles because the ground is uneven.
The ground has lots of cracks and the ants bite us even if we try to walk around them. It is very unsafe.
My second complaint is about the traffic that comes down Hunts Road.
The cars that come speeding down there make it very dangerous for people who have to walk and ride on the side of the road because there is no track to use.
I have nearly been hit a couple of times because the cars don’t slow down until they see the intersection.
There is no speed limit sign either.
Old Hamilton Road and Hamilton Road are both 80-kilometre per hour speed limits.
This is way too fast for Hunts Road.
There should be a set speed limit of 60-kilometres per hour or under because the houses are close to the road.
So please, I am asking for a speed limit sign to be placed on Hunts Road to slow the speeding cars and also some sort of track for people to use.
Even though we are out of town, this is a residential area and there needs to be something put in place for kids like myself to feel safe when riding our bikes.
I personally don’t want kids or anyone getting run over by cars.
ELLA VAN DUREN
Haven
Return to original design
WE agree with Lyn Mann’s comments regarding the appearance of the Horsham Town Hall facade (Mail-Times, February 8).
The restoration of the town hall’s interior is wonderful, with the original heritage décor retained.
But the facade needs to be returned to its original design by removing the unnecessary corrugated iron on the top of the building.
BARRY and JOY BARNETT
Horsham
Spread of corruption
BRAVO Senator Glenn Lazarus (7.30, February 5) for blocking the Turnbull government’s building commission in the senate and holding out for a broad-based national anti-corruption commission instead.
By and large, Australia rates well against corruption, though it is worrying that we have slipped out of the top 10 nations for strong laws in this area.
As Senator Lazarus and many others have said, corruption or its potential, is spread across all bodies in Australia - government, the public service, business and non-profit organisations - not just the unions.
It makes sense to have a well-resourced national anti-corruption watch dog with strong powers to investigate and prosecute corruption, like in NSW.
This is unlike the weak amendments proposed by the Andrews government in Victoria.
Furthermore, the net should be cast to catch waste as well as corruption.
For instance, Deputy Prime Minister Julie Bishop and her partner were recently the sole passengers on a government plane flight from Perth to the east coast, which cost taxpayers $30,000.
Imagine the wailing and gnashing of teeth by elements of the media and some politicians if the culprits were former Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her partner.
ROBERT BLAKELEY
Horsham
Kangaroos for profit
THE Horsham and Hamilton newspapers are reporting the National Party’s enthusiastic support for the successful trial cull of kangaroos.
The Nationals are urging the public to accept commercial shooting over a wider area for a longer time.
Ms Kealy is reported advising that shooting for profit has not resulted in an increase in the overall numbers killed.
We are told numbers have fallen in areas where they were ‘in plague proportions’.
No real facts have been presented to justify this scheme - no figures for kangaroo numbers in specific locations nor population change in an area over time.
David Preece, the processor, is reported saying there’s not enough kangaroos being supplied from the trial area for his business .
It is ironic to compare this latest ploy with the Baillieu Ministry’s cattle in the Alpine National Park trial. That one was cattle in for profit, this one is kangaroos out for profit, with money at the bottom of both plans.
Both schemes are dressed up to tick all the boxes for unthinking public endorsement. Kangaroos are public property and should not to be given to a processor for his advantage.
The existing legal protection has preserved a tourist asset and provided pleasure for those who enjoy shooting animals.
The whole thing smacks of National Party vote cadging with a short-term time frame and no genuine community benefits.
DR JOHN WELLINGTON
Cherrypool
Finishing or beginning
I SUPPOSE it is obvious what time the gliding starts (Mail-Times, February 5) but 12pm is a nonsense as is 12am. 12 noon makes more sense but what of 12 midnight – is it the day just finishing or is it the day just beginning?
RON FISCHER
Horsham