Herald 20220920

Concerns about Meringandan West development
Community members have
expressed their concerns that
Meringandan West doesn’t have
the infrastructure to sustain two
large developments were recently
applied.
A development application to
convert a 48ha block into 191 lots
on Goombungee-Meringandan
Road and another to realign the
boundary of two lots to be used
for commercial and urban development
on Meringandan-Shirley
Road were both made in December
2021.
The proposed Meringandan-Shirley
Road development
will comprise of a small scale supermarket,
food and drink outlet
with a drive through, service station,
medical centre and chemist
with parking for 171 vehicles on
the corner of the road.
Behind the proposed local centre
will be a 58 lot urban development
that will back on to Meringandan
Creek.
Meringandan Produce and
Trading owners Craig and Tamera
Fritz both objected to the development
on September 13 and
said there wasn’t enough infrastructure
to support the population
increase.
“There is no infrastructure.
Student cheese stars at Royal show
Bowenville State School students’ hard work
and dedication for making cheese was recognised
at the Royal Queensland Show.
The show announced the winners of the Student
Made Cheese competition with the school
taking first place in mould ripened cheese blue,
third place in mould ripened cheese, white, and
Champion in Best Cheese of School.
Acting school principal Emily Potts said the
students were excited to hear they had won a
championship.
“We have placed in previous competitions and
having listened to feedback so it was fantastic to
be so successful this year,” she said.
“Students start practising cheese making in
April which also doubles as a learning opportunity,
teaching them how dairy is processed into
cheese.”
In preparation for the Ekka, the students started
preparing for the competition at the start of Term 3
and Mrs Potts said making the entries took a lot of
time and technique to get it ready.
Bowenville State School has been involved with
the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation
which introduces children to food education
and helps form positive food habits.
Mrs Potts said cheese making was a school activity
that was encompassed on the school’s Trees
and Cheese Day.
"AS SOON AS IT RAINS THOSE PROPERTIES FLOOD"
Parts of Meringandan and Meringandan
West still don’t have
kerbing or street lights,” Mrs
Fritz said.
“Water from Highfields flows
into Meringandan Creek and land
near Highfields Industrial Estate
has been approved for housing
with the designs saying the water
needs to go into the creek.
“Meringandan Creek floods, so
the more housing they put there
without putting the infrastructure
in, and they haven’t put anything
in there that says they’re going to
lift the road, then it’s always going
to flood.
“Further down from the creek
Overview of the Meringandan-Shirley Road development
Bowenville students Zia Haylock and Jasmine
Bowman with the ribbons and trophy
for student made cheese won at the Royal
Queensland Show.
“Our Trees and Cheese Day is a beautiful afternoon.
We plant some trees around the school
and showcase the students’ famous cheese making
skills.
“We will be looking at entering into next year’s
Ekka with the student made cheese competition.”
- Sean White
you have multiple farms and a
horse riding school that floods
completely as soon as it rains.
Those properties never used to
flood 20 years ago.”
The development application’s
stormwater management plan
states there is a 375mm diameter
stormwater network at the intersection
of Meringandan-Shirley
Road currently in place.
Mr Fritz said there were a lot
of locals upset about the proposal
of high density urban development
for Meringandan West.
“That type of housing doesn’t
appear to fit with the structure
that already exists.
"There are no buses, no sewage
and the local school wouldn’t
be able to handle the population
increase,” he said.
“They shouldn’t be allowed
to place any houses or anything
near the creek, some land should
just stay rural for a reason.”
- Sean White
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