By Andrew Herington. Tuesday’s hearing was a solid day of group and individual submissions focusing on the proposed damage to Royal Park and on residences being acquired or left behind to live near the proposed East West Link. This followed Monday’s presentation by Gordon Ley (read his presentation here – CLOSING QUOTES – Gordon Ley) summarising all […]
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Preview of Week 6: The final lap
By Andrew Herington. The East West Link Hearings enter their last full week today with 138 submissions due to be heard over five days of sitting and one evening session. After this week, there will be one more day of individual submissions on Monday 14th and the final day of Closing Addresses from the LMA and […]
THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD AS YARRA SETS OUT THE CASE AGAINST
By Andrew Herington Week four started with a distinct change of tone. Adrian Finanzio, counsel for the City of Yarra delivered a comprehensive analysis of the merits of the LMA case for the freeway and the weakness of the legal arguments on which they have relied. Summarising the arguments presented over the last 15 days, […]
Royal Park named for heritage protection
Royal Park should be legally protected for its cultural significance according to government body Heritage Victoria. Victoria Heritage Executive director Tim Smith has recommended to the Heritage Council that the 160 year old park be included on the Heritage Register that lists the state’s most significant places. Permits are required for any activities on a […]
Historic homes ignored
Lisa feels forgotten, and unforgiving. Her home, McCandlish house, is one of eight in Bruce Street, Kensington, she says have been ignored by the designers of the East West Link. “These houses are within a few tens of metres of where this road is proposed to go, plus massive intrusive off ramps for industrial truck […]
East West Link will adversely impact ground water, heritage sites and parkland
The east-west link will adversely impact Royal Park, ten heritage sites including the Melbourne cemetery, ground water flow and contamination plumes according to the comprehensive impact statement released by the Napthine government this morning. The statement said there will be permanent impact and “substantial physical change” at two locations in Royal Park with 23.27 hectares […]
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