Invermay Traffic
WITH ALL these new and proposed developments happening on the western side of Lindsay Street, Invermay, it concerns me that the traffic on this intersection will basically come to a stop unless something is drastically done in the near future.
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As it is now the most congested intersection in Launceston.
I just hope the city council takes into account Errol Stewart’s proposed developments, and that it will start looking at alternative routes for at least the people who live on the West Tamar.
It must be time to seriously consider a bridge to not only alleviate congestion at this intersection but to also reduce traffic in the city centre at peak hours.
This city isn’t getting any smaller.
Mark Bayliss, Launceston.
Northern Midlands Council
OVER THE past couple of years, the Northern Midlands Council has been big on announcements of large sums of dollars planned to be spent on sporting grounds within the municipality.
The demolition of the present grandstand at the Campbell Town Memorial Oval, which includes change rooms and kiosk, is to be replaced with a new amenities block, including, change rooms and toilets, plus public toilets and new ground lighting, is just one such project, worth about $1.8 million.
I am of the strong belief this whole project is council driven in a mistaken move to show it treats each town under its jurisdiction in an equal manner.
The amount of money available is far from enough to deliver what the Campbell Town community is expecting and is most likely to end up being a costly “white elephant” together with the previous changes to the town hall and guide hall.
Meanwhile, the local river is becoming blocked with crack willow and cumbungi weed but appears to be out range of council’s radar range, and yet that is where money should be spent.
Bill Chugg, Campbell Town.
Motorcycle Licence Training
IN RESPONSE to John Denne’s letter (The Examiner, November 20) in regards to the funding allocations of learner and provisional motorcyclists and the training provided, I feel compelled to say that several of his comments in regards to the training and trainers are somewhat unfair and unjust.
Having completed my learner and provision tests in recent years, I am now fully licenced.
I have held a car licence for 35 years.
The trainers were senior riders with a lifetime of experience and the training could not have been better in the timeframes allocated.
All aspects of safety are covered in the training, from protective clothing, to speed, drugs and alcohol, bike handling in all conditions and respect for others on the road.
The only mandatory personal protective equipment when riding a motorcycle is an Australian standards-approved helmet.
All other personal protective equipment or clothing that you wear is your choice.
The dangers, risks and results of inappropriate personal protective equipment are covered in the courses.
Practical tests of manoeuvres and road dangers I found to be very good, and in fact too much for some participants.
Also, I cannot recall seeing one single L-plate rider carrying a pillion, legally or illegally, in my time of riding on our roads.
As we all discover, it is time and riding experience that teaches you the skills to stay safe and upright.
If a rider chooses to do inappropriate things and wear virtually no PPE clothing, and behave irresponsibly on the roads, it cannot be blamed or reflected on the training or the trainers.
Rodney Jones, Launceston.
Where is the Decency?
TERRIBLE: our television shows turn out more violence, sex, and foul language.
Someone needs to give these actors a good dose of soap to wash their mouths.
Worse is the amount of almost full-blown sex that can be shown, mostly on SBS, or medical shows where nothing left to the imagination.
When the federal government takes no action, it shows Australia has gone down the tubes by the major two parties in bed with each other.
Time to put a government other than the two above to bring back sanity and decency.
Walter Christy, Shearwater.
Wounded Knee
ON DECEMBER 29, 1890, the US Seventh Cavalry surrounded a band of defenseless native American (Lakota) Indians at a place called ' Wounded Knee ' and massacred 150, men, women and children.
A terrible blot on US history indeed.
A newspaper editorial appeared in the Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer a few days later which read, "better that they die, than live, the miserable wretches that they are".
In one of history's less explicable quirks, the author of those words, Lyman Frank Baum, would later acquire international fame as the writer of none other than The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Make of it what you will.
Robert Lee, Summerhill.
City Parking
RESOLVING the issue of parking costs to city shoppers and the resultant negative impact on the buoyancy of central businesses is quite simple.
Parking meters and parking attendants still remain, as would fines for overstaying time limits. On parking you simply dial in your required time stay, up to a maximum of, say, three hours.
There would be different maximum limits in different parts of the city. If you overstay, you pay a fine. Easy.
I would suggest a heavier fine than at present because you have enjoyed free parking and in any case you set your own time limit.
Jim Dickenson, Launceston.