Invite Japanese to build bridge to Barrenjoey Head

I read in financial chronicles that the Japanese are now keen to assist in developing infrastructure projects round the Pacific rim, no doubt aiming to compete with the Chinese already so active in that sort of endeavour.

To my mind this presents us here on the Central Coast with a great opportunity.

Why don't we ask the Japanese to build us a bridge linking either Box Head or Little Box Head with Barrenjoey Head?

It's a project that should appeal to them as they have demonstrated remarkable expertise of recent times in constructing long-distance oceanic bridges under much worse climatic conditions than those prevailing at the Hawkesbury Estuary.

Obviously such a suggestion will be controversial with those favouring development and its benefits opposed by conservationists. But possibly that impasse could eventually be resolved by way of spirited debate through your pages.

Email, 30 Oct 2018

Dallas Finney, Woy Woy