Readers: Transport plan a fail

MORE than eighty-five per cent of readers who took part in an online poll agree that Games transport organisers got it wrong.

Locals have hit out at Rose McArthur’s earlier comments about the success of the Get Set For The Games transport plan, describing it as a “massive failure”.

In the report, Ms McArthur rejected the idea that they had gotten the transport plan wrong and turned the city into a ‘ghost town’.

But in an online poll conducted by the Bulletin over the weekend, readers strongly agreed that Games transport organisers had failed when it came to transport.

Of 1475 votes, 42 per cent said they had left the city because of all the warnings, while nearly 44 per cent said they stayed during the Games, but businesses had missed out because there were so few people.

Just five per cent said transport hadn’t been that bad, while about eight per cent said transport had been great.

Reader Peter wrote: “Initially I was excited by the Games on the GC. But now looking back at the money spent and disruption it caused. I wished we never had it.”

Cathy said: “Who ever created the Get Set for the Games is the creator of the mess. It was wonderful from a locals’ perspective in that we had no problems getting a park at the beach and enjoying it with very few others.

Marble simply said: “Massive planning failure, no doubt about it.”