Cotter Dam Expansion drawing to a close

Roundhead89 said :

and in Qld a bunch of greenies and NIMBYs forced the Beattie government to scrap the proposed Mary River dam.

You didn’t mention all the National voting farmers in your rant.

Pandy said :

Could ACTEW build a new Cotter pub too?

+100000000000000000000000

enrique said :

Chop71 said :

Thanks for the stats, although you missed a few like completion dates and budget over runs etc.
Noting like grandstanding with only 1/2 the facts. It’s like your media releases are written in a political style.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=AU&hl=en-GB&v=AuJrEBtmM1Q

Give them a break would you.

Quality is remembered long after budgets and schedules are forgotten.

Well done to our friends at ACTEW – thanks to their fairly decisive action we now have a secure water supply in Canberra for generations to come.

Other organisations could learn from ACTEW when it comes to turning major infrastructure from an idea into reality. Could be worse, we could have ended up with study-upon-study-upon-consultation and millions spent with nothing to show for it.

Here’s to engineers and their ability to quietly deliver those things we take for granted everyday!

We shouldn’t forget that this project was proposed during the drought when the greenies were flying high and stopped Labor state governments around the country from building new dams or expanding existing ones. The Brumby government in Victoria shelved plans for a new dam and in Qld a bunch of greenies and NIMBYs forced the Beattie government to scrap the proposed Mary River dam.

In an uncharacteristic display of staring down The Greens and other feral leftists, the Stanhope government bit the bullet and went ahead with the project. I’ll never forget the pride I felt when I read a letter in the Herald Sun from someone who on holiday in the ACT saw ACTEW’s TV ad saying that the Cotter Dam project would secure Canberra’s water supply and asking why the Victorian government could not follow our lead.

Great to see it almost done. But you do realise the need to now fill it will doom us to a decade-long drought now don’t you? Murphy…

johnboy said :

I think it’s fair enough to want to establish the ecosystem before letting the public loose on it.

That is kind of the point. They will never let the public loose on it. But at least we can have the warm and fuzzies knowing they thought of the fish.

“The quarry… will also be used for fish habitat as the new reservoir fills.”

This is the bit I find intriguing. I like that they have considered local native fish species, but at the same time it is disappointing that recreational anglers will never be allowed near them as per Googong Dam.

as much as it pains me to say this, at least the thing is done. The workers worked around the clock to complete it. Lets hope we get some rain to fill it.

I’m all for them building the dam. I’m all for development.
What I don’t like is being told how wonderful it is while I have to pay for these bells and whistles.

If they are going to praise themselves in glory why not tell us the whole truth about what it costs and how much over budget it ran?

dungfungus said :

NoImRight said :

dungfungus said :

enrique said :

Chop71 said :

Thanks for the stats, although you missed a few like completion dates and budget over runs etc.
Noting like grandstanding with only 1/2 the facts. It’s like your media releases are written in a political style.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=AU&hl=en-GB&v=AuJrEBtmM1Q

Give them a break would you.

Quality is remembered long after budgets and schedules are forgotten.

Well done to our friends at ACTEW – thanks to their fairly decisive action we now have a secure water supply in Canberra for generations to come.

Other organisations could learn from ACTEW when it comes to turning major infrastructure from an idea into reality. Could be worse, we could have ended up with study-upon-study-upon-consultation and millions spent with nothing to show for it.

Here’s to engineers and their ability to quietly deliver those things we take for granted everyday!

“Well done to our friends at ACTEW – thanks to their fairly decisive action we now have a secure water supply in Canberra for generations to come”……………………………….
Er, forgive me for raining on your parade but ACTEW are in the business of supplying water to tratepayers and our new, massive water costs will remind us for many years how big the budget overruns have been. A lot of people at ACTEW get paid huge salaries and I think they are overpaid for the work and responsibility they have.
Next thing you will be praising ACTION for getting the buses to run on time.
And don’t speak too soon about the “quality” aspect either – it hasn’t filled with water yet.

So we bitch when they dont do something and we bitch when they do.

I didn’t make any “bitching” remarks at all. I simply alluded to the fact that it should not be anything out of the ordinary for ACTEW to build a dam for water security as that is what they are supposed to do. The fact that the project went well over budget while the bosses there continue to draw their over-generous, non-performance linked salaries is another matter. If you have ever risked a dollar of your own you may start to understand what I am driving at. Anyway, you seem to be happy to pay increases for your water supply as you didn’t say anything to the contrary (yet).

You dont see that as bitching? LOL……just LOL

As pointed out above some things cost and someone has to pay. We use the water so who else should pay? Ze Germans?

NoImRight said :

dungfungus said :

enrique said :

Chop71 said :

Thanks for the stats, although you missed a few like completion dates and budget over runs etc.
Noting like grandstanding with only 1/2 the facts. It’s like your media releases are written in a political style.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=AU&hl=en-GB&v=AuJrEBtmM1Q

Give them a break would you.

Quality is remembered long after budgets and schedules are forgotten.

Well done to our friends at ACTEW – thanks to their fairly decisive action we now have a secure water supply in Canberra for generations to come.

Other organisations could learn from ACTEW when it comes to turning major infrastructure from an idea into reality. Could be worse, we could have ended up with study-upon-study-upon-consultation and millions spent with nothing to show for it.

Here’s to engineers and their ability to quietly deliver those things we take for granted everyday!

“Well done to our friends at ACTEW – thanks to their fairly decisive action we now have a secure water supply in Canberra for generations to come”……………………………….
Er, forgive me for raining on your parade but ACTEW are in the business of supplying water to tratepayers and our new, massive water costs will remind us for many years how big the budget overruns have been. A lot of people at ACTEW get paid huge salaries and I think they are overpaid for the work and responsibility they have.
Next thing you will be praising ACTION for getting the buses to run on time.
And don’t speak too soon about the “quality” aspect either – it hasn’t filled with water yet.

So we bitch when they dont do something and we bitch when they do.

I didn’t make any “bitching” remarks at all. I simply alluded to the fact that it should not be anything out of the ordinary for ACTEW to build a dam for water security as that is what they are supposed to do. The fact that the project went well over budget while the bosses there continue to draw their over-generous, non-performance linked salaries is another matter. If you have ever risked a dollar of your own you may start to understand what I am driving at. Anyway, you seem to be happy to pay increases for your water supply as you didn’t say anything to the contrary (yet).