SIR, – Regarding the Horsham Riverfront Activation Project. This project and the attitude of the Horsham Rural City Council amazes me, as well as many others within our community.

The HRCC wants to undertake a multi-million-dollar project that will do nothing towards the economic sustainability and viability of all types of businesses within our region.

For example: considering the fact that most industries are converting to computerisation and robotic operations; what will be the jobs and types of employment in our region in about 20 years’ time?

The HRCC’s attitude towards this whole concept exemplifies the views of personnel who have always worked for a wage or salary and would have never ran a self-owned business.

We currently have two serious problems throughout Australia, Victoria, and in particular our local region – the COVID-19 virus, and equally concerning, the economic situation that might be worse than the last Global Financial Crisis and possibly as bad as the Great Depression.

The least the HRCC should undertake is to defer any decision about ‘riverfront project,’ to be discussed at a time after all of the consequences of the COVID-19 have been thoroughly examined and then work out the best way forward.

I believe that if HRCC continues on with the current mindset with this riverfront project in the current COVID climate, it displays a high element of egoism, and at the same time, much immaturity.

Rodney Clarke

Horsham

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