Member for Nanango, Deb Frecklington has met with residents from Coominya in relation to concerns about hooning through the township.
Deb said local residents had contacted her recently with complaints about hooning activity which had been ongoing in the Coominya township and surrounding areas for at least 18 months.
“The community has had enough of the blatant and frequent hooning in their town and they are seeking solutions for this anti-social behaviour,” Deb said.
“This dangerous activity, which occurs on many nights of the week, often in the early hours of the morning, is negatively impacting the local residents, with interrupted sleep, anxiety and noise issues.
“It is also well known by locals and road users that organised hooning activity often occurs at the intersection of the Coominya Connection Road and the Brisbane Valley Highway, with visible tyre markings on this section of road.
“On behalf of the community, I recently wrote* to the Police Minister asking for these legitimate concerns to be addressed and actioned.
“On top of this, I was also pleased to meet and discuss these concerns with several local residents during a recent visit by the Mobile Police Beat to Coominya on Friday 19th July.
“We were able to highlight these problems directly with local police and hear how they are working to reduce the problem, through extra surveillance, proactive patrols and monitoring.
“I’d like to thank the officers for bringing the Mobile Police Beat to Coominya. It is a great service linking the community directly to the Police Service to help address problems people are facing.
“With regard to hooning in Coominya and in other areas across the Somerset, like Dundas, I will continue to advocate for installation of anti-hooning measures and policing solutions to help protect and ensure the safety of our community,” Deb said.
Photo: Member for Nanango, Deb Frecklington met with Coominya residents at the Mobile Police Beat to discuss the issue of hooning in Coominya and its surrounding districts.
