Plebiscite nonsense
Mountain road shambles
WINTER road access to kunyani/Mt Wellington is a shocker, especially in a tourist boom. Some say a cable car would help, but the number of visitors carried would be minimal relative to demand.
The intersection of Huon Rd and Pillinger Drive, the mountain access road, is nearly a hairpin turn. Traffic going up frequently misses the turn-off, traffic coming down regularly crosses onto the wrong side of the road. The intersection even has a Metro bus stop right on it.
It seems at the first hint of snow or ice, much more than in the past, the mountain road is closed at this problematic intersection. The result is randomly parked cars everywhere, including on Huon Rd, and disappointed visitors, often with children, playing with slush snow and exposing themselves to danger from through traffic.
Urgent roadworks and a rethink are required, while preserving the character of Fern Tree. Further alleviation could result from limited carparking being constructed near the first road barrier up Pillinger Drive, and by allowing vehicles that far in all but the most extreme conditions. we are. We need flexibility and imagination to deal with these new challenges. I AM still waiting for someone who supports a plebiscite on marriage equality to explain to me why this issue should go to a public vote but not dozens of even more important proposals? For example, if we vote on allowing same-sex couples to be treated equally why not vote on voluntary euthanasia or new trade treaties or sending soldiers to war? For years opponents of marriage equality said it was a tenth-order issue not important enough for Parliament to worry about. But now they say it’s so important we have to spend tens of millions of dollars on a public vote. Until someone can account for the inconsistencies in the case for a plebiscite, I will assume it’s just a way to delay a reform that Parliament could pass tomorrow if it were allowed to do its job and vote. it dear will continue, I am sure, to debate and resist infelicitous variations in written and verbal usage. I suspect that only the dead, such as Latin, will be capable of judgment according to absolute canons.