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Would you like to write a letter in support of the punt? We're sure the following people would love to hear from you.

Wade Noonan
Member for Williamstown
PO Box 524
Williamstown 3016
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Lynne Kosky
The Minister for Transport
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Martin Foley
Member for Albert Park
357 Clarendon Street South Melbourne 3205
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When writing your letters, you might like to include some or all of the following points:

  • Governments (federal, state and local) say that they want to reduce  pollution and protect the environment. Getting cars off the roads and  riding to work is good for the environment.
  • Hobson's Bay and Maribyrnong councils espouse sustainability in  transport.  (Both have appointed Transport Sustainability Officers.)  Supporting the punt would be putting into practice both councils' 
  • sustainability  policy.
  • Petrol is expensive. Riding a bike is cheap.
  • The State Government has earmarked $112 million for bicycling and  pedestrian programs over the next decade. Punt funding (around  $45000 for 6 months) is a tiny fraction of this. A commuter punt  service is the missing link, connecting the inner west with the city  and the bayside suburbs.Think of the punt as a bike path on water.
  • Alternative bike route through Yarraville/Footscray is  unsatisfactory (heavy truck traffic is dangerous and fumes are  unhealthy). Have you ever tried to ride along Whitehall St at 5.30pm!
  • Rather than axing the service, the stakeholders could plan for an  increase in usage. (This would happen with better promotion and  advertising.)
  • Cycling is good for your health. Cycling for 1/2 hour is better for  your mental and physical health than sitting in a traffic jam!
  • A handful of pedestrians have used the commuter punt and then caught the bus down Lorimer St, thus showing how the punt can be part of the general  public transport system.
  • The punt is a good way to meet people: how many commuters chat on buses and trains?
  • The commuter punt is unique and could become a very special part of Melbourne life.
 
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