Private costs borne by public purse?
For some years now, the entrance to Brisbane Water has been considerably blocked by sand banks.
This has been inconvenient, even dangerous, for boats using this passage.
It is now costing $500,000 to clear.
It would be interesting to know if this has been caused to an extent by the so-called "renourishment" of the beach when the Mantra resort was being built.
This would have saved the builder considerable expense for cartage of the surplus sand elsewhere.
Is this perhaps yet another example of private enterprise costs being transferred to the public purse?
Letter, 11 Dec 2009
WR Maynard, Woy Woy