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Battle continues over Council neglect to mow nature strip: More Broken Promises
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Miss Barbara Fergusson continues to battle with LCC over the neglect of the nature strip outside her house in Hillary Street.
To re-cap, In December 2014, on the day of Launceston’s Saturday Xmas Parade Mayor van Zettan and his daughter personally cut the grass that had been seriously neglected for months, causing Australia Post to threaten to refuse to deliver Miss Fergusson’s mail (see previous blog).
Then, somewhat prematurely as regrowth was minimal, a council workcrew cut it again during the afternoon of January 21.
However, in spite of continuing complaints by Miss Fergusson, it has not been cut since (4 months of neglect).
On Thursday 14th May, LCC Director Harry Galea promised Miss Fergusson during her regular telephone call of complaint, that the grass would be cut the following week.......but Miss Fergusson is still waiting and the grass keeps growing.
Perhaps a practical solution to this ongoing wrangling (there was a time Miss Fergusson says that LCC cut the grass 6 times/year) is for LCC to pave over the grassed area. In the absence of an operating ‘work for the dole’ employment scheme, Council’s shrinking resources are becoming less able to undertake basic maintenance responsibilities.......unless the ratepayer happens to live in a more upmarket area of the city, where n’ere a blade, leaf or acorn seems to get seriously out of place.
Miss Fergusson is not alone with her concerns, and particularly in steeper areas where the topography is very awkward, grass and noxious weeds reign supreme.
Please let this be the last posting on this topic.
Lionel Morrell
President
Tasmanian Ratepayers Association Inc.
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