Responding to It is time for a serious review of the Adelaide City Council

When I read this self-serving piece from the Property Council I thought it was 1980. It’s back that far that the so-called Property Council has been whingeing and whining about the Adelaide City Council’s management and protection of the Adelaide park lands. If the Adelaide City council had not been doing a good job of protecting this public asset, the Property Council would have had the park lands developed already and there would be little open space left. The Property Council should come clean and admit that they see the park lands as a land bank. – Peter Duncan

I completely agree with Bruce, the proposed Hutt St redevelopment is a classic example. They want to butcher the street by removing parking to make it worse than the Frome St redevelopment. There was no business plan, just a ridiculous perception that more pedestrians and cyclists would visit the street if there were less carparks. This is Adelaide, not Amsterdam, people drive to the shops. That’s why they go to shopping centres and are avoiding the city. Council is not fit for purpose and hasn’t been for years. – Pete Flower

Well expressed Bruce! We endorse your views and are certain that all who have any interest in the city would agree that the Council is failing miserably and requires an urgent overhaul that, we suggest, can only be achieved by government intervention. Some of their ideas for “activating” the City are mind-boggling, e.g. the Light Sq traffic changes proposal – mooted as costing in excess of $200,000 for the “study”. Fortunately, we have the Premier that has already shown the right resolve to deal with this crisis! – Zis Ginos

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Responding to Long awaited e-scooter street date confirmed

I believe these new rules on e-scooters are simply the worst piece of legislation this SA Government has passed. It is going to further congest our roads and footpaths, putting users and the public in danger of injury and litigation when an accident occurs. Particularly for those users of footpaths where speeding e-scooters have already accounted for elderly pedestrians being hit and injured. How can these powered e-scooters escape not being registered and children can be able to share a road under the legal driving age. This will also be very difficult to control and will lead to increased confusion on an already crowded road system. Where is the training for these e-scooter users? You cannot ride a motor bike or drive a vehicle without going through the appropriate levels of leaning/training to receiving a State licence to use our roads. This is a very concerning move just to possibly appease the minority and to believe it is part of a modern society move. – Neil Bird

We have bike lanes which are not bike lanes in reality. They are “bike lanes” for a certain time of the day and then they “disappear” after a 4pm. A bike lane is a bike lane when it is open for riding all day or for at least from 6am until 6pm. I fail to understand the idea of having “part-time” bike lanes. They do not help bicycle riders but confuse riders and vehicle drivers. If the Government is serious about helping to make bicycle riding safe then they must bite the bullet and provide bike lanes, well-marked, colour-coded and open for at least 12 hours a day. – Beat Odermatt

Responding to No plan for North Adelaide Golf Course after 17 meetings

Creating a new golf course for pros will make North Adelaide GC less accessible for the public. For one, it’s going from two 18-hole courses to one, halving the capacity. It gets worse, because the speed of play will be affected by the changes. Greg Norman will design a difficult course – littered with sand bunkers, long fairways and goodness knows what else – because pros want a challenge. But when you’re a member of the public going for a casual round with friends this will mean a slow round and endless frustration! The North Adelaide GC needs investment but the LIV golf plans will turn it from courses that anyone can enjoy to another elitist domain exclusively enjoyed by the few. Great intentions, but the Premier’s ball is on a slow roll toward a sand trap that I doubt he can play out of. – John Hillier

Responding to Truckloads of beach sand washed away in high tide

The sand isn’t “lost”. During winter storms it washes out offshore but near shore, and gradually comes back onto beaches by actions of waves, tides and winds, but with a gradual northward drift. It’s the constant year-round northward drift, and not just the big hits during the winter storms, that necessitate sand carting from north to south forever if we want to retain our metropolitan beaches. Get the sand slurry pipeline done. – Chris Quirk