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.....

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..... 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-(

[2chappies]

Hynes, that is SOOO bad. I hope you can fight them and beat them. Haven't they got enough freeways around your area as it is???? I'm sure that is not what you need right now so I'll be thinking of you even if you aren't here.

I hope you can pop in now and then and keep us updated on progress. Rotten bustards!!!!!!!!!!!X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(

[kooriflag]

That's dreadful. total sympathy for you both.

[hynes-sight]

Thank you lovely ladies :-x :-x

Right at the moment I can do with all the support and ideas I and my neighbours can get.

TA !!!!!!!

Certainly NOT going to take this C*AP lying down !!!!!!

[georrgygirl]

You are a fighter Hynes and I know you will be fighting this. Good luck

[islandretro]

That is shocking Hynes - but remember people power can achieve all manner of things - good luck in getting this stupid govt decision changed

cheers
Rae

[putney32]

oh Hynes so so sorry to read this.. wishing you all the strength you need to get thru this :-x

~Lyndel

[singingyamada]

What a shock! I would expect that they would have to compensate you and that is would be moneys for now and the future....thats to say if you cant stop it. Would it be worth finding out the process and finding a solicitor who has an area around public acquisition of private land. Meanwhile gather as much information as you can and have a list of questions before you go into the meeting. Take notes and if you cant take a portable Dictaphone to record what is said. Keep every document even in the slightest relation to it. Get a valuation of your property even if it is a rough estimate by a real estate agent at this time. Every phone call , consersation with someone official make contemporaneous notes ( buy a big book so its a running diary) And in those notes write date time who you spoke to what it was about and the outcome. Thats all I can think of ATM.

[wilneil]

Hynes that is absolutely rotten news. Hopefully they will find an alternate route, maybe you could find a rare species of something growing or living on your land or the neighbours and then they won't be able to resume it.

[oldworldlady]

OMG
That is so dreadful!
I can only agree with your advice so far.
Start writing everything down so you keep track of what's what. Stress can alter your perceptions and muddle you up on things, so be prepared.

get all your relevant phone numbers sorted
Get on to your state and federal members NOW and start badgering them.

ANY sort of heritage value in the area?
ANY unique features at all?

MAke sure you have a written valuation of everything!

Fingers and toes crossed and very best of luck

(((((BIG HUGS)))))

Come and let off steam whenever you need to.