It has come to the attention of this blogger that the Shorncliffe Pier is in dire straits and that it failure is eminent,with the Brisbane City doing nothing to save it. This is disgusting and it is disgraceful also Having the buildings removed in pier ave at shorncliffe in my opinion is just another nail in the coffin for a historic area such as Shorncliffe. While I accept that the St Patrick's School needs space for the students ,I do not understand why they are allowed to destroy completely the hub of the area. A few back there were shops all along that street and the fast food places ,enough of character for a film crew to make a children's TV series along the street. This just a example of big schools and Government treating the locals and local area with Benign Neglect and just expect us in the area to accept it. I grieve for this area and the past that we are throwing away ,we can NEVER get this history back, and it is all but gone to the local area, and now instead of a lively community space we have a dead area in the community . SHAME on the Council for allowing this ,it goes to prove that the council heritage laws DO NOT WORK and are a waste of time,We as a community should be worried that this will happen all over Brisbane not just in Shorncliffe. Soon we will have nothing left of our past . A past that the Council seems to be ashamed of ,and why is that so.
The Shorncliffe Pier and it area surrounds are all council heritage listed which should mean the they are to be protected . HUH this council is proving that with the policies that are shown to adopted. This blogger feels that the Pier will be left to fall in to Bay and then the council will rebuild the Pier the cheapest possible way ,thus for fulling their election promise. Also the question to be asked is just what is the opposition doing about this .... it appears NOTHING , they don't really want it be seen to support this area because they know that they also are at fault with the neglect of the area and the Pier it self.
Granted the the council has spent money on improving the foreshore and abutment areas around the Pier and has spent money on Maintenance ( Minuscule that it was ) of the deck and some of the piles but the Pier needed a lot of work that could have been done BEFORE it deteriorated to this point thus cause it to be done cheaply. The old saying that "prevention is better that a cure " would have worked better in this instance.Also it has come to light that there are parts of the Pier that are missing , it seems that simple things like bolts are not tighten up to the standard required ,why is this allowed to happen when "Regular Maintenance" is supposed to be do be done regularly.It is plain that the Locals resident would not take the parts off the pier, so the question remains who stole or removed the parts of the Pier that now make it structurally un-stable and which Politician's knew about and allowed a cover up to occur. Maybe it is about time that these questions were answered in the public arena.
The Council it seems has a plan for this area and that is not to promote it in any way but to let the area die and maybe the one true bayside area ( in Council eye) of Wynnum and Manly will be promoted ..One has to wonder if the Shorncliffe pier was on the other side of the Brisbane River at Wynnum or Manly would it be allowed to rot the way it is now. One does not think so.
No I believe that it would be saved by now and being promoted as a great tourist Attraction. This is so pitiful that a great icon that has stood for over 140 years should be treated this way. Stand up for your rights people and make the stand your children and grand children will thank you and who knows you may even thank your self for doing something not for the money ,not for the fame, not for the glory, but for doing it for the right thing and yourself and the best thing to do .
It is about time that both side of the political game stopped playing with the Pier and the residents of this area and fix the pier. It is a icon ,it is a landmark and it needs to be fixed and fixed now. It is tiome to admit that wrong was done and fix it . It is time for the policitians to start behaving like leaders and remember that they work FOR the PEOPLE and DO THE RIGHT THING for all.
Thank you all
Seem to hit the nail on the head there Mate.
ReplyDeleteWe all need to think about what is happening in our community and not be so worried about a dollar
I thank you for standing up for the Pier. Seems the grand old girl doesn't have too many sympathetic friends these days. You are so right in regards to the neglect heaped on the Pier by the Council both past and present.
ReplyDeleteYou seem to echo what a lot of people have been saying, we need the pier to help the local community survive. It appears that the people that make the decision to have things fixed and in a timely fashion have taken out their hearing aid and have walked off in the opposite direction. We need these people to listen so keep your rant going, in fact crank the volume up and let's see what happens - they will no doubt bury their heads further in the sand if at all possible.
ReplyDeleteI will crank it up and not worry how far the bury their heads the message will be heard
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