Clean ups and playgrounds wanted for Hamilton North
Hamilton North residents would like to clean up the streets and add playgrounds to the fastest expanding part of Hamilton.
Concerned Hamilton North resident Ryan Smith would like to see more of his rates coming back into his community, including more infrastructure and tidying up.
Mr Smith and his wife Maree are a young couple with their first child on the way. The Smith family have lived in the sub-division for over three years now. Their main worry is why the area has not done more for young families.
Hamilton North is home to many young families but many of the sub-divisions have a lack of reachable playgrounds for children. Mr Smith said it is a concern that some families have to walk over half an hour to reach playgrounds.
“We have our first child on the way and it would be great for her when she is old enough to have the opportunity to go down to the local playground by herself or with friends,” Mr Smith said. “For people like us in subdivisions like Woodridge and further north of us, we are looking at half marathon just to be able to reach the parks, I just don’t get what the council are doing.”
Smith said the north end of Hamilton is by far the fastest growing part of the city.
“I would just like to see our rates get put into something that we can actually see and use,” Mr smith said.
As well, Smith said many building sites around the area come with large waste bins. Smith said the bins were more often than not overflowing with waste building paper and plastic packaging from building materials. Being a resident in Woodridge for over three years now has shown him the annoying nature of rubbish. Mr Smith said he had experienced first hand what a small amount of wind can produce to a new sub-division.
“It’s not uncommon for us to find plastic and building wrap all over the lawn blown onto our property,” Mr Smith said. “All it takes is a bit of a gust and stuff is everywhere and to be honest I have not seen any tradies coming down to pick it up.”
Smith said it gives the sub-divisions an unpleasent and dirty feel when they drive down the road. “Sure it’s nice to see all the new houses go up, but the rubbish at times over the years can be an absolute joke.”
