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Originally Posted by Glenn Dawes
Seal Tara Loop and all that might come of it is more unwelcome traffic and higher council rates for the ASNSW.
Regards
Glenn
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Gee sounds like ostrich syndrome to me
. Just by having an existing service improved does not mean that your rates automatically go up. The council rates the property on the land value and the classification of the property, then there are other levy's that are added including garbage, sewer, depending maybe even cultural. Rates only go up by revaluing land (and that’s done by the valuer generals department) and council applying for extra funding through increased levy's or CPi indexing. Its not automatic. So to think that if funding was successful that you would pay more is ridiculous. Go and get your current rates notice, and have a look at the breakdown of charges, if not ring the council and ask for one. You will be surprised.
If this road manages to get this section improved, it will be through a federal funding source, which means everyone in Australia would be potentially contributing to that project, and the locals would pay nothing. Remember it would be an improvement made to the road, along with delineation (there is none of that now) reduction of dust (the house at the end would relish that) and would be safer to drive on. You cannot stop people speeding if they want to (except if you have speed humps every 50meters).
Tell me do you speed on familiar road or unfamiliar roads? That’s what these kids were doing, taking a vehicle for a bash, and speeding. You have more control on a sealed surface than an unsealed road. Its only the speed that’s the problem. Targeting a generation of bullet-proof, invincible bodies is impossible. They are too thick to see the future. It is a tragic situation for all families involved, including the surviving member of the trio.