An overpass of the railway line near the golf course which connected Dora Street to Macquarie Street would be much more valuable. If this was done, then the Macquarie Street and Fishery Point Road intersection would be greatly improved, creating better access to the southern side of the railway station.

This would also leave scope for the extension of the Morisset train station on the northern side of the tracks, enabling the creation of a larger platform which Morisset will need in the future.

I'm sure you are aware of the population growth in this area and the traffic congestion that already occurs from the large amount of traffic that has to go past the Dora Street shops.

- Pip Mason, Mandalong

The new traffic lights planned for Dora Street, Morisset, (“Plan to help pedestrians cross”, Lakes Mail, April 5) should be installed up at the station access so that people stop blocking the intersection. Most traffic is trying to access the peninsula by turning right. Two birds. 

- Aaron Dean, Brightwaters

LAKE Macquarie City Council’s decision to go ahead with planning development along Toronto’s foreshore, when combined with the proposed six-storey apartment block, is an atrocious, backward step.

Consultation with the Toronto community was minimal for a town that has the least amount of foreshore parkland in Lake Macquarie. How outraged would these councillors be if building were approved along the Warners Bay walkway or the Valentine or Belmont foreshore?

Tourists in any development would appreciate foreshore parkland, proper parking and planning, traffic control and consulted development.

This tourist development should have been sent back to the drawing board and to community-wide consultation. What is really disappointing is that the mayor and the Labor councillors committed to properly consult the neglected public of the western side of the lake.

Shame on you, Lake Macquarie Council. Let’s get a better outcome for Toronto.

- Stephen Dewar, Toronto

I SIT looking out my window at night and see another cat looking back at me from the outside. Why can’t I go out to play at night? I yearn for the stalking of the little marsupials and maybe pouncing on a koala or two, or running the risk of those car headlights and using up one of my nine lives. 

It has been explained to me that we should be inside at night to protect us and other Australian fauna at risk from cats. Shame on other cat owners who don’t love their cats enough to keep them in at night.  I love my owners.

- Misty (a Rathmines cat)

I NOTICE that there still aren't any recycling bins at parks and other suitable areas being installed. Recycling bins would be so beneficial to help our environment, and they would give further encouragement for people to recycle more.  At the moment, at parks, boat ramps and other areas, non-recyclables or other rubbish gets mixed in with recyclable materials. I go to two different fish-cleaning tables to clean my catch of fish. When I need to put some rubbish in a bin there, I find that the bin will have at least 90 per cent of recyclables inside it. Why doesn't the council put in 100 per cent and have one or two recycling bins put in ? 

- Craig Aungle, Morisset Park