neilmny wrote:It doesn't read like much in fact I found it hard to find the message....maybe I wasn't concentrating properly.....but I suspect a Trojan Horse also.
I guess this time as xplora mentioned it is an Alpine Resort. Sealing the road to TBJ (with Vicroads help) is this good or bad???????
It's a wonderful place I hope they don't stuff it.
I tend to agree that they did not really say exactly what they specifically intended to do which then makes comment in the consultation difficult because you have to speculate. Are they intending to build a whole new resort to the same extent as Dinner Plain for example? Will it be a baby Buller? I personally cannot see anything wrong with sealing the road as it would be better than the other idea of a connecting road to Buller and it will make it safer for people to access the resort area in winter. We do tend to be a bit cynical or suspicious when governments or RMB's want to build things but this could be a better option if constrained to the resort. Without detail there is no way to comment constructively. As the info states, Stirling is the only ski resort that has more summer visitors than winter and that would be the case for a number of reasons. Sometimes the snow is not there but also there is nowhere for people to stay. Does this mean they want to increase the winter visitation or satisfy the need for summer tourists? Likely both but how many are they wanting to cater for? I think it would be better if there was something a little more visual on offer as to their plan. In time Stirling may end up a swarm of brightly coloured Aldi shoppers in the winter but that means you just have to go a little further out to find some peace, much like Dinner Plain and I like Dinner Plain because it is so family friendly and the people who go there are so down to earth. You do have to be careful which child you grab as they are all wearing the same outfit.
There is certainly an argument for some facilities at Stirling and at times we have to consider progress to be inevitable. If done in an appropriate manner then I would not object.