CALL SUBURB CAMERON: RESIDENT (Weekly, November 13)
I like the way Martin Sharkey is thinking, but I don’t see Cameron as being a very appealing name for a small city. I still think it should be named Chirnside, after brothers Thomas and Andrew, who built Werribee Mansion and owned a lot of the land in Wyndham.
It reflects early European settlement in Wyndham. I think the name Chirnside projects a more leafy image, water connections and a more welcoming feel.
But I agree that as long as the name Werribee isn’t used it will be fine – Werribee has a negative stigma attached to it.
KMS \ VIA WEB
No to Cameron – it sounds outdated. Let’s call it ‘Southcross City’ – the city under the shine of the Southern Cross, bringing a new hope and era to the state of Victoria.
AARON \ VIA WEB
BUS STOP BIG SPEND
I have observed the construction of a bus shelter in Bulban Road, Werribee, in the past two weeks.
I am amazed at the time taken, and subsequent cost, of the shelter, which is less than half a kilometre from another on the corner of Walls Road.
It’s a feast of men, machinery, road closures, traffic diversions and speed limits.
Surely a more cost-efficient method of construction would produce much more bang for our buck.
JOHN MARKS \ WERRIBEE
BROADBAND CUTS (Weekly, November 6)
The recent cuts to the National Broadband Network are a huge concern for our community. While Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull had promised he would honour existing contracts, it’s clear this isn’t happening.
Half a million homes and businesses – including 2700 premises in Werribee – have been removed from the NBN rollout plans.
Being next on the list to receive the NBN, residents in Werribee were scheduled to get the fibre to their homes within months.
Now it looks increasingly likely that they will be the first victims of the government’s cuts to the NBN scheme.
Residents who would like to be part of the fight to bring the NBN to everyone can sign the petition at iwantmynbn.com.au
JOANNE RYAN \ LALOR MP
