Footpath needed on Rip bridge

I wrote to Council's Administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, regarding the hundreds of people who would dearly love to be able to walk from Ettalong to Daleys Point and St Hubbert's Island.

Unfortunately, council or the RTA overlooked the addition of a footpath or walkway along the Booker Bay-Rip Bridge.

This means that you either attempt to walk along a very narrow ledge or share the roadway with fast moving traffic zooming along at 70 to 80kms, which unless you were contemplating leaving this planet is not a good idea.

It would be quite simple to rectify the situation by attaching steel supports to the bridge and with the installation of a suitable framework a timber walkway would be adequate and practical.

I would suggest the total cost would be minimal.

There is one other aspect that council should be aware of and that is council's failure to provide safe passage across the bridge to begin with.

There are a plethora of legal proceedings to support this assertion.

I hope my letter results in prompt action on council's part.

Letter, 18 Nov 2016

Fred Landman, Daleys Point