Wollongong and the south coast desperately wants more tourists to increase job opportunities and spread the wealth. It is therefore disappointing to learn that one of our premier tourist attractions has put an exciting new development on hold - because the nit-pickers are holding up approvals.
Jamberoo Action park's " Kangaroo Island " project will involve five exciting new rides and will cost $ 30 million to create. Work can only be done in the winter off-season - when the park is closed - but frustrations with zoning has seen this year become a lost opportunity.
So - what is the problem ?
The hordes of eager people trying to get to Jamberoo in summer create a traffic problem on the road - and the car parking facilities at the Action park need expanding.
That should be no problem because the park is located in the countryside and surrounded by vacant land.
It all comes down to a matter of zoning. To park cars you need the land to meet the zoning requirements of the local council - and that has raged in a battle in the Land and Environment court - hence without finality the whole project has come to a standstill.
Another year lost - and the nit-pickers are still shuffling paper and indulging in arcane recriminations !
The unemployed of the Illawarra would like to see these sort of issues resolved quickly - so that job opportunities are not limited by such bureaucracy - and lack of project progress continues to to show this region as backward.
We deserve better !
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