Survey confirms Ferry Road still where it was
DIER have commissioned surveyors to check the accuracy of existing survey documentation for Ferry Road. The very same surveyor who did the last major measurement in August 2000 was re-measuring the road today. That (Millenium) survey was done as part of the detailed planning for all the improvements that were touted at the time. But just like all the consultant’s reports and engineer’s drawings that have been produced in the past the surveyor’s output was never put to any practical use. Despite this frustration the surveyor was still smiling – well who wouldn’t be smiling being paid to wander about in the sunshine on such a beautiful summer’s day (convoy of Hazell Bros. gravel trucks notwithstanding)?
The surveyor may be a little more cynical then he was in the Millenium year which may explain his lack of surprise to discover that Ferry Road is in fact in exactly the same place it was all that time ago. In fact, as we are all very well aware, absolutely nothing has changed in the past decade.
Will this discovery be used as the basis for some real progress? Is the new survey work tied to the Precinct Plan recommendations? Will Premier Bartlett make an election promise to Fix Ferry Road? Will the opposition parties trump his promise?
Cross your fingers and close your eyes . . . you may be in for a big surprise.
