Twelve months on from the peak of the River Murray flood, the state and federal governments have finally come up with a long-term plan to help irrigators.
These levees are an integral part of not just the economic future of the businesses that use the land but essential infrastructure for the communities that have spent more than 100 years in these areas. The failure of these levees governmental roads that provide access to legal, rate paying homes. towns such as Pompoota, Mypolonga, Ponde, Jervois, Monteith, Long Flat and other smaller communities are reliant on these levees for protection of access to their homes. The school at Mypolonga and the power station that supplies power to 3000 homes is protected by the levee and the Bestons Cheese factory and Jervois is also protected by their levee. The time it's taken for the government to 'announce' that they will finally be contributing to their obligated duty to 'maintain' these levees is a joke and seeking a pat on the back for this token gesture is akin to the Minister for Transport seeking adoration and reward for fixing a hole in the freeway surface. Next thing they will announce that they will be seeking a matching contribution from the land owners on the swamp to pay to maintain state government assets, in addition to the rates they pay. Lookout next they will ask people to contribute to the road repair on their streets in addition to the rates they pay.
These levees are an integral part of not just the economic future of the businesses that use the land but essential infrastructure for the communities that have spent more than 100 years in these areas. The failure of these levees governmental roads that provide access to legal, rate paying homes. towns such as Pompoota, Mypolonga, Ponde, Jervois, Monteith, Long Flat and other smaller communities are reliant on these levees for protection of access to their homes. The school at Mypolonga and the power station that supplies power to 3000 homes is protected by the levee and the Bestons Cheese factory and Jervois is also protected by their levee. The time it's taken for the government to 'announce' that they will finally be contributing to their obligated duty to 'maintain' these levees is a joke and seeking a pat on the back for this token gesture is akin to the Minister for Transport seeking adoration and reward for fixing a hole in the freeway surface. Next thing they will announce that they will be seeking a matching contribution from the land owners on the swamp to pay to maintain state government assets, in addition to the rates they pay. Lookout next they will ask people to contribute to the road repair on their streets in addition to the rates they pay.