Noise policy to kill the dragway

Whilst supporting a dragway, gt, assuming that every member of the CMSG would support a dragway, I would suggest that 22% or there abouts of 1/5 does equal “many”.

Seepi’s comment that many dragway supporters don’t live in the ACT is another mistruth touted by the nimbys.
Fact is that 78% of the almost 8,000 Canberra Motorsport Supporters Group (CMSG) members live in the ACT. The remaining 22% live in NSW, Vic, WA, and QLD.
If your going to make a comment at least get your story right, unlike the Dragwayaway mob.

G Thomas
Director CMSG

Yes, the Libs were pro Dragway – Stanhope had to stop supporters switching to Liberal for this reason – hence his empty promise to build the Dragway within 18 months, which unfortunately too many of us believed. Enough to get Labour over the line.

This subject will not be decided before the next ACT election. Motorsport supporters can only hope this vindictive creature does not close down any other facility in the meantime as a result of some fit of pique.

the libs were pro-dragway too at the election, so I doubt if the draqgway bote got labor over the line.
and many dragway supporters don’t live in the act, so they don’t get to vote.

Given the convoluted methods by which the dragway has been blocked, after promises to the contrary prior to the last election, (which I believe assisted a Labour victory), I am coming to the conclusion that the whole decision making process has been driven, not by policy, but personal antagonism to anything motorsport by influential individuals.

I’m sure an equation has been developed by Stanhope et al relating to the positives of attracting the green and northern NIMBY vote versus the negative motorsport reaction to the decision to help justify this course of action.

In all this, there is no overwhelming evidence that the Dragway is such bad news as to justify a decision to stop development (apart from the whining of the previously mentioned NIMBY’s). Instead, we have this creation of unrealistic noise regulations to renege on the promise. I suspect that measurements of ordinary traffic noise on Majura Lane would exceed the limits imposed, and of course the aircraft noise is disregarded.

Stanhope has equipped himself with legislation that will allow him to close down all motorsport in the ACT. He may say that of course it would never be applied to Fairbairn Park, but given his history of animosity to various interest groups (Tharwa school parents, bushfire victims, etc) who knows what may ignite his displeasure, resulting in closure of the various venues.

Stanhope is running the ACT as his personal fiefdom, largely unaccountable to anyone. Roll on the election.

Stupid policy!!

It may surprise you, bonfire, that in fact I’m in favour of a dragway, and no, not because it would be in someone else’s backyard.

There are few sensations more amazing than to be be there when Victor Bray is in full flight. I think that the ACT and C’wealth governments have a debt to the dragway fraternity after pulling the pin on the CID.

I also believe that a high quality motorsport facility, including a dragway, whether 1/8 or 1/4 mile, is deserving of government support.

Why is the noise policy “unneccessary” and yet building the dragway would be an “unpopular decision”? Bill is jut trying to score the last possible points from the pro dragway crowd.

Anyone genuinely shocked by this is probably a target demographic for City Centre Church of Canberra.

The dragway was never going to happen anyway.