Esplanade is integral to access

An recent article in another newspaper prompts these thoughts from me to Peninsula residents.

Ettalong Beach Heritage Committee is beginning to appear to have more to do with modern developments and working towards creating improved views for vested interests, across the entry of Brisbane Waters to Halftide Rocks, than any real pursuit of the community's heritage concerns.

The three-storey apartment block in the artist impression looks to be four storeys to me, or are we to believe the ground floor commercial part of the development, a pub, doesn't count?

It reminds me of those often-published, doctored foreshore images used initially in promotional material for the Outriggers prospectus, and at other times.

The unfortunate comment about trees planted in the 50s and 60s is badly timed when ratepayers are watching very expensive palms turn brown in the Umina CBD.

I remind the public again that our esplanade is an integral part of the east-west vehicle access across the Peninsula and any attempt to cut it in pieces just to benefit developers will be fought tooth and nail.

The coastal drive is exactly that and annexing pieces of public road to become shared zones for the benefit of developers should be forgotten.

Edward James, Umina