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Plan 'will put me out of business'
Wednesday 7 May, 2008 12:01am
One of the tunnels will emerge in her main paddock where horses are agisted and where she coaches and teaches. It is also the only vehicle access point to and from her paddocks and most of the fencing will be destroyed.
She has been told the paddocks will be used to store machinery. Ms Dodd said she was not about to give up 17 years of hard work without a fight.
"The equestrian centre became my dream and it's what kept me alive," she said. "I was devastated when I saw the proposal."
She was also confused. She and her fiance Dennis Coelle had seen three preferred options and said a fourth one the preferred one appeared out of the blue.
This option with tunnelling in some sections would have the most impact on her business.
"It will put me out of business," she said. "The paddocks will be inoperable."
She said it was not a matter of a handful of residents whingeing.
"If I was a resident somewhere else on the Central Coast and read about this I would ask when it comes to people's livelihoods why wasn't more research done," she said. "If it didn't directly impact on us, I would still support the community in its opposition. We're certainly not talking about putting a stop to the link, but it's been rushed through."
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