Where’s underground option?

Sir, If this new western option is No 5, what on earth were the other options (VNI West project, Loddon Herald, March 2, 2023)

What number was the underground option? We know the option one was disputed cleverly, but that group had two years to thoroughly research their case.

They raised one interesting dilemma though. You cannot drive a header under the new power lines. In the western option number five many bigger farms will be cut in half.

The government will pay $8000 a year to rent their land. Multiply this by 25 years, as it will cut off after that, and you get $200,000.

Not enough to buy a new header to farm the other side of the powerlines.

Oh dear have they ordered the towers already? Is this why the consultation has been shut down? Where has all the machinery gone that tunnelled the brilliant water pipes in our region?

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Appointment of a Bendigo-based controller for Wedderburn State Emergency Service unit has had reaction from Loddon Herald readers

Ian Marriott wrote: With so many SES units across the state in crisis it begs the question why?

Mick Korong wrote: The hierarchy has been destroying the SES for over 20 years. Just need to ask various volunteers. But then some volunteers have a God complex too. Doing more harm than good in situations they know nothing about (I’m not talking about the local volunteers, the incidents were in Melbourne) it’s usually these power hungry-people who go into the hierarchy then proceed to hinder the volunteers.

Letter To The Editor

We need this infrastructure. It is such a shame that the more expensive option, the longer lasting option, the less maintenance needed option, the less money wasted on legal disputes option seems to be off the table.

GillianMillie Wedderburn

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