THE causeway they used to call a bridge at Bundarra is finished and traffic is now using the new 15 metre-high structure, and it is hard to imagine water ever cutting that particular part of the road again.
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If it ever does then you would imagine that that road being closed would be the least of this district’s problems.
It was a job well done that was initiated by the community for the community.
It became political when the former Member for Northern Tablelands Richard Torbay decided to join the fray and got his reward in 2012 when he was able to announce that this government would match Uralla Council’s $34,000 to undertake a feasibility study. His replacement as the Member for Northern Tablelands, Adam Marshall was quick to take up the cause of the Emu Crossing Bridge, and roads minister Duncan Gay came up to see what it was all about. It seemed like there were politicians everywhere.
But as far as the bridge went, there was a committee everywhere. Both Richard Torbay and Adam Marshall commended the committee and the work they did. For their part, the committee was generous in its praise for the politicians.
So when the bridge was opened on Wednesday, representatives from the Uralla Shire Council were rightfully present to take their well deserved share of the credit and Mayor Michael Pearce sat in the passenger seat as Adam Marshall symbolically drove the first vehicle across the new bridge.
But for anyone who liked to notice, there were other vehicles following behind that some might even have considered belonged in the front of that procession.
They were the cars with members of the now disbanded committee inside, and it made you wonder if those cars shouldn’t have been at the front.
Does it really hurt any government to give up its 15 minutes of fame to recognise those who give their time freely for the good of the community?
