Don't build another wharf

Why build another wharf when there is already a wharf?

Brian Collis (Peninsula News, January 30) asks why not build a wharf?

Build it, and they will come!

Ask the citizens of Port Macquarie about their wharf.

Council assisted private investors and Fast Ferries to build a wharf, and in the end, there is a wharf and no fast ferry.

The mayor of the day was forced to resign as mayor, out of embarrassment for the support he gave to Fast Ferries, and the community lost a safe, fenced, ocean swimming area.

It may be that the community of Port Macquarie deserved to get what they bought, because many were enamoured by the talk of a ferry taking one hour from Port Macquarie to Circular Quay, when the plane takes 80 to 90 minutes.

Please people of the "Outrigger Peninsula", don't be conned by sleight of hand and lies.

In truth, there was an opportunity for comprehensive and generous State Government funding for the wharf, which required a small contribution by the Fast Ferry developers.

This did not occur, so that should be the end of the story.

Don't be misled by the reports by those with vested interest about the 1700 possible jobs if the wharf is built.

With a bit of close examination, there might be 30 permanent part-time jobs, and the other 1670 involved with the three months of building of the wharf.

Susan Dean Ettalong Beach