Wednesday, 3 December 2025

 Nathan LAMBERT (Preston) (10:36): I would like to raise an issue that is well known to anyone who drives up Cheddar Road in Reservoir, and that is the unfinished building on the corner of Macartney Street. The story there is that there were meant to be three townhouses built there back in 2010. Two of them were built and sold, but the third one was stopped midway through construction because of safety concerns around the frame. Unfortunately the builder was allowed to sell that half-finished frame at a great discount to another individual. Now, 15 years later, that unfinished frame remains there and no work has been done. One key item on our wish list for 2026 is that Darebin council, with their new local laws powers, will work with that owner to take down that frame. It is corroded and unsafe to use as a frame, and I am sure it will need to come down regardless of whatever legitimate plans that person may have for their site’s future.