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Two Wells prepares for massive population growth
Insert town here LES PEARSON REPORTS: The 2,500 homes proposed for Two Wells by developers Hickinbotham Homes are likely to bring more than population growth to Two Wells. As community consultation sessions near for the Hickinbotham Homes Two Wells development (see page 5) District Council of Mallala mayor, Marcus Strudwicke, is already highlighting the silver lining the expected 9,000 population growth will bring.Mr Strudwicke believes the increase in local residents should flow into a rise in government services to the district. “We’ve suffered as a district through a lack of services, particularly in growing areas of Two Wells and Lewiston,” he said. He highlighted the areas of local education and public transport as two key sectors bound to improve dramatically. “For the last decade there’s been a strong push from the community for a high school,” Mr Strudwicke said. With secondary education available in the area, he believed it could develop into more local students heading into vocational training and in turn, be employed in the district.
The public transport service would also target a current shortfall in access to health treatments, particularly mental health services. “Having that increase in population will certainly make it much easier to argue the need for public transport,” Mr Strudwicke said. “We’re certainly not going to get a new public hospital in the Mallala area but if we can get public transport then those things become accessible to the community.” Mr Strudwicke said the benefits for the community were obvious. “From council’s point of view, an appropriate development that increases that population base and brings growth has some real spin-offs for us in terms of public transport and local education,” he said. He could not put an estimate on how far into the future locals could start to see such services established but believes once the people asrrived, the wheels of motion would automatically start rolling. “I guess it depends on how quickly we see the new developments being populated but I would imagine demand would be pretty high in our area,” Mr Strudwicke said. HOW TO HAVE YOUR SAY – Page 5 PICTURE: Lisa Redpath
n District Council of Mallala mayor, Marcus Strudwicke, surveys the site for the proposed housing development with Hickinbotham project manager, Ruth Vagnarelli.
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