Beenleigh - where's our gold? where's our coast for that matter?

hi folks...
found this interesting article on johnbradford.org ... i would like to throw
the topics mentioned within this article open to debate....

what do you think about beenleigh's connection to the gold coast?....
do we get a fair go?...

what about the twenty-five year old argument over the ring road?...

• the show society have owned the land for 130 odd years....
• 12,000 people have now signed the show society's petition....
• brisbane city council tunneled under the ecka because of it's historical value....

do you think the ring road will solve the traffic problems in beenleigh?
read this article and make your comments......
cheers 4 now,
elle

November 22, 2006 on 5:17 pm | In 4CRB Editorials

Beenleigh

The integration of Beenleigh into the City of the Gold Coast has been difficult. Beenleigh’s demographics are different and it is geographically separate.
But Beenleigh is part of Gold Coast and looks set to remain so. Perhaps in the future with the huge population growth occurring in the north of Gold Coast City and extending west into Beaudesert there might eventually be a separate local Government area.
In many respects the Gold Coast City is becoming too big. I have always believed that one essential feature of local Government is that it is in fact local. As local government areas become too big this is less likely to happen
There is still a strong feeling in the Beenleigh area that it is a neglected part of the city despite the best efforts of their own local Councillor and a very active Chamber of Commerce.
One example of this is the serious traffic problem, which exists in and around the centre of Beenleigh. Plans have been afoot for some time to address the issue but they require the dissection of the historic showgrounds and there has not yet been any agreement about how this should happen. Until that issue is resolved the centre of Beenleigh with its roundabout featuring six intersecting roads cannot be solved.
The Council needs to make solving Beenleigh’s traffic problem top priority. And making Beenleighites feel that they are an important part of the city, albeit with some unique characteristics, is also an important challenge.