THE state election may prove a boon for Jimboomba with the announcement on Friday that a Labor government would build a high school at Yarrabilba to open at the beginning of 2020.
There is an ongoing call for infrastructure in this region.
Certainly, the spotlight is on the notorious Mount Lindesay Highway.
Other roads – Waterford-Tamborine is another example – are in the limelight too.
But the issue of schools is an important one and the need for facilities to cater for the growing number of families that are moving to this region is important.
A primary school is under construction at Yarrabilba and on track for students to start on the first day of school in January.
That facility – and a high school in the same suburb – will cater for students in the eastern parts of Jimboomba, Stockleigh and Logan Village.
Some students living at Yarrabilba and nearby suburbs travel as far as Beaudesert every day. Some spend two hours travelling to and from school.
Residents of other suburbs argue that educational facilities in their areas are also stretched. Readers have told the Jimboomba Times that schools at Marsden, Crestmead, Logan Reserve and Park Ridge are at capacity.
Does that mean that a high school should not be built at Yarrabilba? Certainly not, another educational facility in the broader area will ease the load on students who have to travel and on the schools currently catering to students living in the Yarrabilba and Logan Village areas.
Some residents may be angry, seeing the announcement as just another election promise. The bottom line though is that infrastructure in this area is long overdue. While this promise has come from the ALP, local residents could profit as the pressure will be on any government in place after the election to deliver on education.
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