Developments, safe roads and skateparks were some of the topics discussed at the monthly Councillor Catch Up at Broulee Surf Lifesaving Club on Wednesday 22 May.
Councillors in attendance were: Mayor Mathew Hatcher, Tanya Dannock and Anthony Mayne.
Councillors sat in the sunshine and heard concerns from the community as well as some lovely ideas.
One community member wanted to express her concerns over developments in the Broulee and Mossy Point areas. Previously from Canberra, she moved to Broulee for the lifestyle.
“I don’t appreciate false advertising and the proposals of developers saying they will build ‘affordable housing’ when we all know new housing in Broulee won’t be affordable,” she said.
She was also worried Broulee’s water and sewer infrastructure won’t cope with a population increase.
Prior to any developments being approved, for larger developments, Council undertakes water and sewer modelling to determine impacts on existing water and sewer infrastructure.
In some cases, more infrastructure is needed to increase the capacity of the existing network. For example, back in 2021 a new regional sewage pumping station and sewer rising main were built near Captain Oldrey Reserve and along George Bass Drive. This was required to cater for the new homes at the southern end of Broulee.
Council’s toilet strategy and artwork in public places was also mentioned in conversation.
“It would be great to see some mural artwork of gang gangs on public toilets,” the community member said.
The conversation swung back to developments as a gentleman arrived to chat with councillors.
Anthony Mayne referred to which is currently on exhibition: “it’s about having that discussion on going up, not spreading out and to find that balance in density so our bushlands can stay as is.”
The gentleman replied: “I am a Nimby and I don’t want to see structures from the beach and don’t want to be shaded out by huge townhouses.”
Mayor Hatcher asked: “Well where do we put people? What do we do, instead of stopping things?”
