This is Blackwood Park road, just 5km north of town, last weekend. Its just under 2km long and is one of the oldest roads in the district. My home is on this road. It has been left to deteriorate to the point where it is now almost impassable by a normal 2-wheel drive vehicle.
Our councillors are very proud of the millions of dollars of ratepayers money they have spent to improve the pool and improve the library. They have also spent lots of money to improve the Shire office facilities, including putting in a lift to go up one floor. But they ignore basic infrastructure like roads because they all now live on good ones. The road was supposed to be sealed four years ago, but since I started this blog it has been ''bumped" down the list of priorities every year. I understand it must give them some satisfaction to keep postponing the sealing of the road that 'Southwell' lives on, but it is grossly unfair on my family and the other residents and users of this road.
There are ten houses and four farming operations which can only be accessed via this road. It is not even a gravel road, it is a dirt track. For people in a first world country in 2016 to have to traverse a goat track like this to get to their homes and businesses, is a disgrace. Further down the road from where this picture is taken, the road is only wide enough for one vehicle.
The councillors need to understand that until all ratepayers can at least get to their homes on a reasonable road, it is wrong to spend their money tarting up all the facilities used by Shire employees.
