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To: Karratha - Families & Concerned Members Of The Public
Protect Karratha's Children: Replace Sand/Bark Playgrounds with Safer Surfaces
To The City Of Karratha,
The following proposal voices a practical solution to an issue that affects public safety here in Karratha.
Karratha has a well established and ongoing public health & safety issue. Currently, many major public playgrounds and leisure spaces in the city contain sand, bark and or other loose surfacing. Hazardous materials including used syringes and used condoms are being found & reported daily. These materials present an immediate health & safety risk to residents and their children & are concealed by inappropriate loose surfacing materials. This can be addressed immediately by changing all public playgrounds and leisure spaces from loose surfacing to non-loose fill surfacing.
Karratha has a well established and ongoing public health & safety issue. Currently, many major public playgrounds and leisure spaces in the city contain sand, bark and or other loose surfacing. Hazardous materials including used syringes and used condoms are being found & reported daily. These materials present an immediate health & safety risk to residents and their children & are concealed by inappropriate loose surfacing materials. This can be addressed immediately by changing all public playgrounds and leisure spaces from loose surfacing to non-loose fill surfacing.
Why is this important?
There are approximately 22,000 residents of Karratha, many of which are families. The health and safety of residents who make up the economy & community of Karratha should be of primary concern to the council.
If no immediate and significant action is taken, it is a matter of time before a member of the public including children are harmed by the countless needles & discarded hazardous materials including used condoms that are left in Karratha’s public playgrounds.
At which point this will become a matter of legal consequence to the City of Karratha for failure to adequately and appropriately address the concerns consistently raised by members of the public along with failure to take reasonable action to mitigate the known risks.
To date, this issue has already put many members of the public in danger. Children in our community have been harmed by discarded needles in public areas.
Concerned members of the public are the ones consistently baring the brunt of responsibility by picking up & discarding hazardous materials in public areas as well as having to spend time calling in and following up council action, with many reported hazards not being attended to in an appropriate time frame.
The City of Karratha enjoys an abundant economic landscape due to the contribution of the people and families who reside here. Ensuring the city of Karratha is a safe, responsive and healthy space should be of paramount concern to the council.