DEAR News Of The Area, RESTRICTING powered vessel access to and speeds in swimming areas is an excellent move that will ensure much higher levels of safety for swimmers. Unfortunately marine life such as dolphins and turtles further offshore will still have to run the gauntlet of high speed lethal machines. The Port Stephens community […]
DEAR News Of The Area, SERIOUS questions need to be asked about AUKUS nuclear subs and the secret plan for a nuclear submarine base in the Port of Newcastle. The UK has experienced several issues with their nuclear subs, including fabrication defects; “signs of flaw” in their reactors; serious cracking to reactor cooling circuits; coolant […]
Pedestrian safety has been improved at Little Salamander shops.
Pedestrian safety has been improved at Little Salamander shops. Pedestrian safety has been improved at Little Salamander shops. DEAR News Of The Area, Thank you, Port Stephens Council, for upgrading traffic calming and pedestrian access at the Little Salamander shops, and especially for moving the pedestrian crossing closer to Harbourside, making it […]
DEAR News Of The Area, INCREDIBLE by nature… neglected by council. Our roads? A disgrace! Infrastructure’s crumbling yet Council’s focused on a shiny airport terminal. Wrong priorities as attracting more tourists does more road damage. Rates increased by 24 percent on 1 September so let’s hope road replacement, not just repair (hot or cold mix), […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I AGREE with the comments made by D Heath in a recent issue of the News of the Area regarding the importance of building a pavement on top of a competent subgrade (or base and sub-base as Mr Heath mentioned) capable of supporting the traffic conditions. He also makes a […]
DEAR News Of The Area, ECONETWORK Port Stephens welcomes the opportunity to make a submission on the Draft Salamander Bay Shopping (Town) Centre Plan. EcoNetwork is a not-for-profit, politically unaligned, 100 percent volunteer-run conservation organisation with a membership base of over 30 community groups and businesses. Our purpose is to support our members to advocate […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE diatribe and deliberation to our road problem in Port Stephens, is down to poor workmanship and a lack of understanding. In the Scandinavian area of the world, the climate is ten times worse than ours, and yet the roads hold together. The Romans taught us to build roads, two […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I AM a long time resident of the Bay area, also a very keen fisherman. I have always enjoyed fishing the breakwall at Nelson Bay. Just recently I was told to move over by a rider on a fat-tyred electric bike. Just this week I saw a young mum pushing […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I AM writing as a resident of Abundance Road in Medowie to express my concerns about the school soon to be constructed there. My first concern is water runoff. My house was inundated with rain water from the May rain event. I write now, not knowing whether rain water will […]
DEAR News Of The Area, WHAT about the rain and more rain? I guess we should feel sorry for our local government, or should we? It is funny, however, to sit and watch governments of all areas say to us we need productivity. And we do, but it escapes us in Lemon Tree Passage. Our […]
