[Forum] Taylor Martin MLC and his committee believe that it is appropriate to refit our ageing coal fired power stations with small scale nuclear power generators to guarantee electric power to our rapidly expanding region.
This would be a major planning and construction undertaking for the NSW Government and its contract partners, and would cost the NSW taxpayer many, many, millions of dollars.
I suppose I could give this idea some serious consideration if the NSW Government, which seems to be big on planning but short on delivery, first delivered on the following projects which seem to be in implementation neverland.
Fix the Pacific Hwy through Wyong, from the northern end of Tuggerah Straight to the Watanobbi Roundabout, plus the extension through to Sparks Rd; Install Lifts at Tuggerah Railway Station; Fix the flooding at Anzac Rd Tuggerah; Build the dedicated rail freight line from Newcastle to Sydney; Provide adequate commuter car parking at all Central Coast railway stations; Deliver fast commuter rail services between all Central Coast rail stations and Sydney; Increase the capacity of Mangrove Creek Dam to 100 per cent from its current maximum of 80 per cent; Take responsibility for the full time effective management of The Entrance Channel and the channel at the exit from Brisbane Water into Broken Bay; and create the Special Environmental Zone that will permanently protect the COSS Lands in the former Gosford LGA.
When looked at from a practical viewpoint, these are all low hanging fruit and in the main are bread and butter engineering projects, but if the NSW Government can’t implement these very basic infrastructure projects, how could we possibly have confidence that they could manage the implementation of nuclear power generation in our region, even if it was somehow economically feasible?
Email, Mar 14
Neil Bevege, Kanwal