No one is more pleased than the Grump when he saw the turnout for the First Mt Marrow dump meeting, and the value of where they live the residents were prepared to show and with the passion of the views they put forward.
That type of passion was reflected previously with Girral Road battle that residents from Girral and lower Thagoona residents demonstrated and although we did not stop the development which was never the intention, we gained concessions to ensure some say in the sustainable development process, not enough I might add but some..
Part of that was flood to upper and lower Thagoona and the acknowledgment of wildlife which we all have created and still contribute and its value to lifestyle and it’s longevity.
In our community we have wildlife corridors whether we live upper and lower areas of the Mt Marrow /Thagoona areas right down to the railway line and if we are not aware we will loose wildlife and fauna to the developers excavators and bulldozers.
One of the contentious issues is the sewerage line from the proposed new shoe box estate the new Adelong Avenue sewerage plant.
That line will impact on all the homes that have the back easement on Tarana Avenue and Girral Road, then crossing the Rosewood Karrabin Road into the Banyla Reserve on its way to the sewer factory.
If this line is constructed in the cheap as expected a open cut excavation will be employed through existing watercourses and Wildlife corridor’s decimating the natural fauna and speeding up the water flow to lower Thagoona residents not discounting taking away the sanctity of the existing wildlife residents.
Council has recognised it has a issue hence the new crossing on Adelong, yet has not considered how it can address a pending issue other than developers pondage dams to allegedly stop water from arriving at the Adelong and Girral road residents in bulk from the shoe box tin roofs up on the high ground, and land clearing is not the smartest solution to achieve that outcome.
A intelligent sustainable method to address this issue would be to deploy a underground boring project under the corridors, under the Rosewood Karrabin road through Banuyla Reserve then Under Adelong causing minimal land desegregation other than a few designated inspection points.
“IF I SAID IF”they were smart they could use from the Karrabin Rosewood to Pindari section as a delivery conduit to the new estate for service delivery, Water, Power, NBN, or other services by increasing the diameter of the bore casing to accommodate the service joint use requirements if any exist within conduit delivery.
Underground Boring and Joint Use delivery is not utilised to it full extent in many council areas and is if you consider the ongoing costs of erosion repair to restoration, wildlife impact and if planning is part of a network would be much cheaper for future development sites and if your belief is the primary costs are higher just think of the technology used for the underground road tunnels, the equipment now is far advanced that when I first exposed the masses of sceptics with the Grundermat machine that catered for a 35 and 50 mm telecommunications conduit..
They said it would never take off and you’d loose the equipment forever. Such is those with vision who saw the possibilities of the tech and run with it, and my question is does the Ipswich City Council have that vision and make underground technology a part of all development applications as part of their commitment to sustainable development and not let the developers run the cheap scorched earth agenda.
https://vermeer-want.com.au/news/horizontal-directional-drilling-what-are-the-benefits/
In closing I am not convinced council or new be councillors know past history of the past campaigns by the residents of the Thagoona area upper or lower and we are definitely not getting the interest of both councillors as we did with the former councillors and I hope the penny dropped with Mt. Marrow issue but I have my doubts about the commitment until they BOTH deliver outcomes that benefit us the ratepayers not the speculators.
PS … A wildlife tunnel under the Rosewood Karrabin Road to allow travel to and from Banyla Reserve and add to water flow control and stop the road kill would be indication of both council and developers commitment to the sustainable development culture they both are suppose to aspire to achieve.
Actions Speak Louder Than Words in my book
The Grump.
The Girral Grump 