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The whole approach to the provision of infrastructure is fundamentally flawed! Too many developments have been allowed in the past without providing adequate infrastructure - with the result that roads are congested, sewers are overloaded, and there are insufficient school places. I write with particular reference to Hampton Magna, but the same problems are almost certain to exist elsewhere. A levy on new developments is unlikely to provide adequarte infrastructure just for those developments, with no chance at all of addressing past inadequacies. We need to take a step back, and find a way of fixing existing problems before contemplating ANY new development. Otherwise, it's a vicious circle of more and more development to fund more infrastucture, but you never catch up. Remember the old woman who swallowed a fly?