THE YEAR 2021 is off and running, and after a two-week break, so am I. It feels like the news has shifted up a gear since I took time off from the end of January, when a good few people were still in holiday mode. After getting back to work on Monday I fielded a few calls from readers wanting us to up the anti with Ipswich City Council in relation to a number of matters that are concerning residents at the moment. One of the key issues that has been brought to my attention at the fact that without divisional officers, residents are finding it difficult to get in contact with their local councillor.
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FOR longtime Peak Crossing residents Jim and Maureen Barrow, Inland Rail has been a constant headache theyâve been fighting for the past 14 years.
As it stands, Mr Barrow says the $1.2 billion Calvert to Kagaru section of the rail line will go right through the cattle yards on their property.
He admits he is feeling âvery depressedâ as he heads into 2021.
âIt will go right through our loading ramp and cattle crush as well as taking out the trees,â he said. Inland Rail Calvert to Kagaru section.
âIt really cuts us off from 75 to 80 per cent of our property.