Hell of a wait on Doherty’s Road upgrade (Weekly, March 26)
■ The coming election will bring a lot of promises by both major parties – maybe even an upgrade for Dohertys Road or Sayers Road.
Then there’ll be a lot of hand wringing after the election about money being tight and other projects in marginal seats being more important.
ALBERT FEY VIA WEB
Rail plan slammed as $2.5b slur on western suburbs (Weekly, March 19)
■ This article about the west being neglected was spot on.
What’s not spot on were the comments by Public Transport Minister Terry Mulder’s spokes- woman claiming the current state government had invested in major transport projects such as the Regional Rail Link.
Wrong. The project and all funding were committed as a partnership between the former Labor federal and state governments.
Again, the Williams Landing station was a state Labor initiative.
Maybe the Liberals should try to list what they have done for us, instead of claiming others’ good ideas.
HENRY BARLOW HOPPERS CROSSING
Peak hour travel ‘added stress’ (Weekly, March 26)
■ Wyndham council launched the Get Wyndham Moving campaign last week.
The campaign is designed to make our voices heard about the poor transport, road congestion and other issues that plague our community.
Check out getwyndhammoving.com.au for more information.
CEE MEE VIA WEB
■ Two articles on the traffic congestion issue in Wyndham, and then incredibly we have an article about yet another property development for Point Cook, adding 5000 more residents.
While the state government may have promised a new interchange onto the Princes Freeway, who is providing the extra lane into the city?
Or the new schools, hospitals and libraries? And who is paying?
From 1950 to 2002, our immigration rate was about 70,000 a year. It brought many benefits to Australia. But between 2003 and 2006 it rose to 306,000 a year.
It’s no coincidence that our infrastructure problems have run out of control over the past decade.
JOHN BLACKBORROW LITTLE RIVER
