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		<title>RACT to keep pollies honest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following this years state budget Lara Giddings had this to say about road funding:
Tasmania&#8217;s road and bridge network has been allocated nearly $225 million for 2010-11. In addition, a new approach in funding has been established with up to $12.5 million being available over the next four years to allow for early planning and scoping [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fixferryroad.org/?p=1162</link>
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		<title>Direct from the horses mouth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the Kettering Community Association (formerly KOCRES) Annual General Meeting held on 5 August, DIER&#8217;s Manager Planning and Design, Mr Shane Gregory was on hand to talk about plans for implementation of the recommendations in the Ferry Road/Little Oyster Cove Precinct Plan.
By way of introduction Mr Gregory made the following points:

There has been some confusion [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fixferryroad.org/?p=1140</link>
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		<title>DIER disclose plans for Ferry Terminal effluent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Council have advertised a development application for a waste water treatment plant to be shared by the Oyster Cove Inn/Marina and the Mermaid Cafe/Ferry Terminal.
Plans are available for viewing at Council or on-line by clicking here.
Opportunity for public comment closes on 16 August.
Southern Water have scheduled information sessions on &#8220;options for Ferry Road sewerage&#8221; after(!)  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fixferryroad.org/?p=1135</link>
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		<title>Letter to editor prompts ministerial response</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following letter from the (acting) Minster for DIER appeared in The Mercury of 29 July 2010.
Roadworks on  Track
I AM writing to clarify the situation regarding the State Government&#8217;s  funding commitment to Ferry Rd (&#8220;Ferry Rd fears&#8221;, Letters, July 27).
The $8  million committed to Ferry Rd by the State Government has always [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fixferryroad.org/?p=1128</link>
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		<title>Tenders called for new public jetty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite letters to Lara Giddings and Norm Mcilfatrick at DIER we still have no news on how the $8 million pre- election promise made by the Labor Government is to be applied to fixing Ferry Road.  We don&#8217;t even know which of the recommendations from last year&#8217;s $30,000 Precinct Plan have been accepted or rejected.
Never [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fixferryroad.org/?p=1119</link>
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		<title>Claytons commitments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the House of Assembly Hansard of 7 July 2010 Liberal Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Rene Hidding, bemoans Labors vanishing pre-election promises:
. . . there was $8 million for the upgrade of Ferry Road at Kettering; $8 million for improvements to the northern end of Mud Walls Road; $6 million for the Richmond heavy vehicle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fixferryroad.org/?p=1113</link>
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		<title>The Life of Brian</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brian the dog lives in Ferry Road.  He&#8217;s been waiting for years for Kingborough Council to construct a safe foreshore walkway so that he doesn&#8217;t have to dodge the log trucks when his owner takes him for a walk.  He lives in hope that Council will finally fulfil his expectations.
Brian loves living in Ferry Road  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fixferryroad.org/?p=1106</link>
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		<title>Tony&#8217;s team take up task</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Members of the Federal Liberal team visited Ferry Road this morning for a briefing on progress (or more accurately lack thereof) being made by the state Labor-Green coalition on fixing Ferry Road.  Senators Eric  Abetz and David Bushby were joined by Liberal candidate for Franklin, Jane Howlett and local Councillor Roger McGinniss.

They were told that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fixferryroad.org/?p=1091</link>
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		<title>Estimates committee grills Giddings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some extracts from the Tasmanian Parliamentary  Estimates Committee hearings on 28 June:
Mr MORRIS &#8211; Minister, you have a strategic plan now to drive infrastructure development.  How do the election commitments you have made fit in terms of the priorities identified in the infrastructure plan for road development in Tasmania?  Were they based on any particular [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fixferryroad.org/?p=1086</link>
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		<title>Mentioned in parliament</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ferry Road has been getting a bit of a run in the House of Assembly lately.  On 22 June 2010, Will Hodgman, the Leader of the Opposition said:
What about Labor&#8217;s $90 million election promise of work to upgrade 16 roads across the State?  There are no specific allocations in this Budget for funding to upgrade [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fixferryroad.org/?p=1079</link>
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