| Regional Park
Six years after the State Government mad commitments to create the Wolli Creek
Regional Park the park remains far from a reality and we have identified at least three significant threats:
Threat 1:
Road reservation
The M5 road reservation has yet to be
lifted. We understand that this is in
the RTA’s hands and we know the RTA (and
MetroStrategy) wants to expand the M5.
Threat 2: Regional park delays
Perhaps as a consequence of threat 1, there has
been no addition to the lands under NPWS
management for the regional park. It is now
two years since our
March 2004 public meeting at which all agencies indicated that they had
few or no concerns and a readiness to make
the transfers. Does this suggest that a road
through the valley is still seen as an option?
Threat 3:
Revised park boundaries
And on top of this, the Minister for the
Environment has advised that there are to be
revised boundaries for the regional park (the
only known result of two years of work!).
The changes have been made without any
consultation with the Society and, while
many of them are slight and often sensible,
they leave highly significant bushland blocks
outside the boundaries. We have written
to the Minister putting our case. View the letter.
We are calling a fresh public meeting to get
to the bottom of the problems involved with
these three issues and to press for changes
to include the key areas.
Public meeting: “Where’s our Regional Park?”
7pm, Tuesday 4 April 2006
Canterbury-
Earlwood Caring Association Ltd (CECAL)
hall
15 Clarke Street, Earlwood (opposite
Coles)
The support of as many members
as possible at the meeting is essential if we
are to press our point – The Regional Park
is not yet a reality – and won’t become one
without continued community pressure. Be
part of the pressure by coming along and
organising your neighbours and friends to
come with you.
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