Presss Release August 2006

SOUTHPORT CHAMBER RENEWS CALL FOR BROADWATER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
Southport Chamber of Commerce President, Mr Luke Preston, has renewed the Chamber’s long-standing call for the establishment of a Broadwater Harbour Management Authority, in the wake of the Beattie Government’s decision to scrap the Cruise Ship Terminal component of any future development of the Southport Spit.

“Local business and residents are sick of the Broadwater being used as a political football by the major parties and interest groups, whose respective stances on the area change with the vagaries of perceived political opportunism”, said Mr Preston. more...