Why I could be MIA for a while.........X-(

[hynes-sight]

I absolutely treasure the friendships / relationships I have established here over the years.... :-x :-x :-x :-x :-x :-x :-x :-x

and I would like to THANK YOU ALL for all your insights, information & education plus your sympathies and well wishes too in my own & my OH's personal ' not so very good times '.

BUT - Now I am about to start on a new & totally foreign journey ...... you might have read posts from me saying that I was "slightly stressed at the moment" ????????????

Welllllllllllll - HERE YA GO ..... this is why !!!!!!!!

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A week ago I received a letter ......... from the Queensland Government via Department of Main Roads............



"The Department of Transport & Main Roads and Logan City Council are undertaking a joint investigation to identify a viable corridor for a future motorway known as the Park Ridge Connector. To date, a refined area of interest has been identified within which a future motorway could be constructed on a number of possible alignments.....

YADA YADA YADA


..... your property falls within this refined area of interest and may be impacted by a future alignment............. "

By all accounts ..... from the very first notification that I have been provided with to date so far ( pending the FIRST of the now notified 5 "planned" community meetings starting from next Wednesday evening ~~~ ostensibly for further info & sighting of THE *ahem-cough* ACTUAL PLAN )........... is that MY home is going to be SMACK-BANG in the middle of this "refined" area and will be BULL-DOZED for a 6-LANE 100km FREEWAY ......

SOOOOOOOOOO ~~~~~~~~ IF the plan gets the go ahead we can say SAYONARA to everything we have developed / planned for / worked towards in retirement.

Suffice to say at present- WE ARE DEFINITELY NOT HAPPY JAN ?? !!! X-(

[hynes-sight]

Received another letter today...............

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" Further to the letter you would have received dated 19 July from Mr David Grosse, Deputy Regional Director South Coast, Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR), I advise the following :

Please disregard the letter sent to you, dated 19 July.  Upon further consideration of the current engagement activities undertaken by the project team to date, TMR has developed a more responsive community communication approach for all interested persons with regard to the Park Ridge Connector project.

Community communication activities between July and October 2012 are outlined below :

* From next Monday 30 July, TMR will contact residents directly impacted by the proposed alignment ( the corridor), setting up one on one meetings with the TMR project team

* During this process, TMR will establish whether there is wide spread support for the proposed project alignment, and ensure residents are given the option to voice / state any opposition to the project

* TMR will establish a single point of contact for directly and indirectly affected residents

* The TMR project team will consider all suggestions and concerns raised by the community and respond to emails / phone calls promptly

* It is proposed that an information day be held after two months to finalise the communication process and highlight common feedback

* TMR must maintain contact with affected residences and concerned community groups going forward

It is the intention of TMR to work in genuine partnership with the community to successfully deliver sustainable transport solutions for the current and future transport needs across Queensland.  I look forward to receiving your feedback on the Park Ridge Connector project.

Yours sincerely,

Paul Noonan

Regional Director ( South Coast Region )    ~~~UNQUOTE

?:| ?:| ?:|  Methinks there's quite a bit of Govt "spin " to decipher in all of that - hey !!!

[wilneil]

Hi Hynes,

I quote "I look forward to receiving your feedback on the Park Ridge Connector project.",

He says he wants your feedback and looks forward to receiving it, Whee Haar, now is your opportunity to tell him exactly what you think about the planned project and how it will impact on the lives of the residents - could also be tempted to tell him to put it where the sun don't shine.

Wilma.

[2chappies]

As if he will really read it. :^O

[heiner2929]

We're all with ya Hynes - I'm calling in favours from the other side as I speak...

Big hugs

[Anonymous]

I know you wouldn't Hynes,but, giving someone, anyone a real reality check must be a huge temptation, or, as Wilma says, tell em to put it where the sun don't shine.