DEAR News Of The Area,
TODAY the Minns Government’s announcement fast tracking to build 105,000 new homes across regional NSW.
I had to ask myself why-oh-why, today, did MidCoast Council identify their top three priorities as roads, financial sustainability and customer experience.
Not housing. Not tourism.
If MidCoast Council wants to fix its finances it should look to collaborate with neighbouring Port Stephens Council.
Our shared waters won a Top Tourism Destination Award in March and Destination NSW sent a tourism trade envoy to the American Roadshow to market NSW as a world class visitor destination. This month, the ‘Sail Port Stephens’ event (April-May, 2025) will generate $2 million-plus from visitors over five weeks.
My rates contribute to $2 million of North Arm Cove’s collective input to Council’s coffers.
Council’s priorities are myopic.
We have no housing, no infrastructure and no interest from MidCoast Council.
Our location-location-location, developed properly in collaboration with our neighbours, would nurse MidCoast Council out of the red and into the black.
Why-oh-why are they ignoring a shovel ready plan, a team of internationally award winning urban designers and 3000 landowners restricted to camping on their own land? (two consecutive nights over 60 days per year).
Let us build ourselves a home!
Regards,
Nikki MILES,
North Arm Cove.
