I ATTENDED the council meeting of Tuesday, March 4 and councillors talked of the need to gain media coverage of the quick work carried out on the Macquarie River pipeline.
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Little mention was made of all work being done where it was easy going.
It’s nice to say it is 50 per cent completed but fact is the hard rock that the construction team will soon encounter will sort the men from the boys.
So, will it be on budget and on time?
Spring Creek Dam is at 88 per cent while Suma Park is a steady 73 per cent.
This represents a good three-year supply; an amount during the hottest summer on record.
Will the pipeline be another stormwater harvesting scheme, a work of art to be admired?
On a separate note, in last Tuesday’s closed meeting council were to discuss the purchase of land.
This secrecy seems odd as the previous week council received a report of all the land it owned and councillors agreed the audit highlighted they should act on possibly offloading land.
John Da Rin,
Orange