Thursday, 20 September 2018

Petitions

Following petitions presented to house:

Woorayl Street reserve, Carnegie

To the Legislative Assembly of Victoria:

The petition of the residents, businesses and broader community of the City of Glen Eira points out to the house that:

the City of Glen Eira has the least amount of open space per person of any council area in Melbourne; and

more residents live beyond the recommended 400 metres distance from open space than anywhere else in Victoria.

Yet a precious opportunity to protect and secure vital open space in central Carnegie is about to be lost with the state government’s plans for development of the Woorayl Street reserve, Carnegie.

This will also be at the expense of significant river red gums, each more than 100 years old — in addition to the numerous established trees already lost to level crossing removal works in Carnegie, Murrumbeena and Hughesdale.

The linear park being created along the rail corridor will be narrow and at times overshadowed, without the direct physical and community links essential to the livability of our rapidly growing suburbs and not close to our local shopping villages.

Glen Eira deserves quality open space with good access to natural light close to our villages, like the Woorayl Street reserve in Carnegie.

The petitioners request that the Legislative Assembly of Victoria put a stop to anything that will further eat up precious opportunities for open space in Glen Eira by:

abandoning its plans to build a large, high-rise development on the Woorayl Street reserve in Carnegie and gifting this open space back to the community.