Opinion: Surf park would be of benefit

WEEK after week, it seems the same handful of writers are taking up the opinion pages complaining about the surf park proposal.

Out of sheer desperation, they put forward conspiracies about the project, hoping the gullible will be drawn to their own selfish cause – preventing change.

This week’s “smoking gun” is a risk assessment commissioned by the City of Melville.

The possible risks identified informed the City’s consideration of the business case and the lease and have been, from what was published by the council at the time, mitigated through the negotiation of the lease. To that end, the report is old news and out of date.

I commend the City for having the professionalism to undertake this level of due diligence.

We’ve heard the anti group’s relentless, unsubstantiated claims about corruption, greed, loss of amenity, environmental disaster, and even traffic chaos due to the spray of waves across Canning Highway.

This is simply self-interested NIMBY-ism of the highest order.

Tompkins Park is under-utilised and would greatly benefit from $25 million of new sporting and social infrastructure at zero cost to ratepayers.

Further, the proposed common use community hub will see the Melville and Mt Pleasant bowls clubs sustain themselves into to the long term.

We are lucky to have a progressive council like the City of Melville.

JOY WILSON

Palmyra