Wow! Let's hope that the planning approval process to allow 14 storeys above Terralong Street is a slow one.

It's taken six years since our promised new fleet of trains arrived, but sit lying idly at various nearby locations while the railway dept tries to work out a way to get things moving.

A 2pm train from Central still consists of four carriages.

By the time it reaches Kiama at 4.40pm with tradies and schoolchildren on board, many passengers are sitting on the stairs for half the journey.

This happens every weekday.

So with at least 100 trees that will be bulldozed to get 14 floors up out of the ground in Akuna Street, it seems that the quality and fabric of life in our coastal town will take a huge hit.

A good proportion of residents are here because of the life Kiama offers.

We left the city for a quieter life.

One wonders if Kiama Council continues to cancel major events like the New Year's Eve fireworks and give the nod to developmental greed, life in our award-winning gem of a town might soon resemble Mooloolaba or Terrigal.

Why can't long-term plans to get the Bombo Quarry redevelopment be considered for future high-rise living and more supermarkets?

Kiama's well-proportioned little town, as it is right now, will sadly just never be the same.

Greg Martin Vale,

Kiama