Possible CWMS for Penneshaw
This matter is still being assessed by council but some analysis work done by Cr Denholm on the two petitions received – one for, and a larger one against , revealed that the majority of people in the CBD and levels areas were in favour of a scheme whilst the remainder of the town were against a scheme.
Bev Wilson, ‘Opinion, 6/10/2011’, lampoons Crs Liu, Chirgwin and myself, including blame for the delay. I would be interested to hear from Bev how this works when there are 9 councillors, and I moved at that same meeting she attended last month, that council fast track the design and tendering so that council had a recommended contract for the CBD and levels areas for approval at the February meeting next year.
Perhaps Bev should look a little closer to home for the delay.
Graham Walkom
American River
Published in The Islander 2011.11.03
I hope someone over there has been watching what has been going on in relation to the Port Wakefield CWMS. You need to make sure, if your system goes ahead, exactly what you are getting and make sure that what is presented to you is what you get.
The Port Wakefield CWMS, we were told was going to have a 50 yr life span. Tenders went out, a tender that did not comply won the contract and was then permitted to re submit another tender with different materials and now the life span is 35 yrs. We were sold the project as a $4.2 million and it has gone out to nearly $7 million.
Once construction started at Port Wakefield and residents began to complain we had every obstacle Council could find put in front of us.
“I have commented before that there is no free money in terms of grants as it must come originally from our taxes, and it implies future financial obligations to the receiver. By shortening the life span of the scheme will it enable SA Water/LGA/Government to progressively put up the annual price of sewerage to all residents of not only Kangaroo Island but probably the whole state of SA? — a very usual way of covering a blowout…”