Because of the recent isolation laws in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I am aware of the marked increase in the number of people, young and old, walking and bicycle riding using the Lake Albert walkway.

This is good to see, given it is one of the limited ways we are able to keep active.

There is just one problem - many bike riders see the lake walkway as exclusively theirs, as many riders do on the main roads.

They do not share. They do not ring their bells to let walkers know they are approaching from behind.

Having witnessed some very close incidents, I have raised my concerns with council.

However, I am not sure they share my concerns.

Let's hope someone decides to take some action before we have a serious injury - especially to a young child or an older person.

There is a lot of anger amongst the local residents regarding council not listening to us about the Morgan/Murray/Forsyth streets development.

We are against the height, size and impending parking and traffic issues that will happen.

We live here in the surrounding streets and should be listened to.

We are not against developing the site, but against the size of this proposed development.

Council has requested submissions from residents regarding this development whereby council wishes to amend the Wagga Wagga Development Control Plan 2010 (DCP), essentially to change the rules that controls developments on this site.

The maximum height will increase to the height of the new Wagga Wagga Rural Referral Hospital, in the middle of a residential suburb?

Is it fair that a building the size of the hospital be built next door to private dwellings, when those residents object to it?

And this particular building is a building for a developer, not a hospital.

Another major issue on this site currently is parking and traffic flow. Some councillors, and even Dr Joe McGirr, have acknowledged that parking is currently a major concern for surrounding residents.

And with this proposed development there may be 1000-plus extra workers and 600-plus extra residents living on this site.

The current parking mayhem needs to be fixed now, not later when it may be too late.

Council has repeatedly refused to provide the traffic impact assessment and a parking strategy and management plan as they should be supplied at the time of submitting development applications.

Therefore, not allowing us residents to see these reports before we make our submissions to council for the DCP amendments.

As parking and traffic is the major problem, why not request these reports now from the developer?

For the residents to make submissions to council, they need to know all the facts now.

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