Mercury Editorial on Development

There's an editorial talking up the Brooke Street Pier development and promoting the idea of similar scale developments.

TASMANIA’S economic future may be best served by chasing small, quality, achievable, dreams than by wasting time, effort and money in pursuing big, multi-million dollar developments that have little chance of getting off the ground. 

The state has had its share of grand designs — big projects announced in a blaze of publicity that often failed to materialise.

An interesting introduction, considering The Mercury's vocal support for pretty much all of these large-scale failed projects.

Questions are now being asked about the financial backing for the Mt Wellington cable car project — version two.

Also interesting, both because of The Mercury's high profile support for the cable car project and because people have been questioning the financial backing, and capacity to build it, for quite some time.

The question of the capacity of a "consortium" of one man and his companies was always left unanswered.

The lack of proactive, investigative journalism in this case could probably be explained by the need for the local paper to support big ideas, but it does give the impression it's not quite on the ball.

The new Liberal Government would do well to instead concentrate on creating a development climate for projects that are achievable and sustainable. 

A number of successful, smaller developments can easily add up to create a vibrant economy, jobs, and a future for coming generations — a big dream come true.

Indeed.