THE exciting proposal which would see the development of a $400 million trade centre in Wagga has, not surprisingly, attracted some level of criticism in the community.
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While any project of such significance should be open to appropriate levels of scrutiny, a great deal of the comment being witnessed around the region is somewhat misinformed and, in some cases, nothing more than mischievous.
The first and most important point about the plan from the Wuai Group and its partners ACA Capital Investment is that it won’t cost local jobs.
The trade centre is not a retail outlet, but a permanent expo for manufacturers and business from around the world – including Wagga.
If anything, the development would offer opportunities for local businesses to gain exposure to some of the world’s biggest retailers who will be coming to our city to purchase goods.
The trade centre won’t be running local businesses out of town.
Much has also been written and said about the appropriateness of the site and its apparent problems with flooding.
Once again, the Wagga City Council has been working on this project for the best part of a decade and clearly the flooding issue was one considered early on in the process.
The trade centre will bring hundreds – if not thousands of visitors to our city every week.
The economic benefit this will generate is massive to other businesses in Wagga.
China will soon be the biggest economy in the world – and instead of trying to think of reasons why this project should not proceed, we should be embracing it with gusto.
Wagga is fortunate our leaders have shown such vision – a vision which will give our region an economic base the envy of other regional centres.
