Dear Protector of Rushall Reserve
City of Yarra may be about to withdraw its planning application for the Rushall Reserve bike path!
Join us for one last show of strength this Tuesday night (19/3) at Fitzroy Town Hall, as Councillors vote on the following recommendation from Council officers:
RECOMMENDATION
1. That Council, note the extensive history of the proposed shared path project at Rushall Reserve, North Fitzroy, including:
1. (a) officer reports, recommendations and Council determinations;
2. (b) the very substantial and disparate interests expressed by local and regional communities through the various consultation phases; and
3. (c) the substantial cost escalations and the significant risks presented to date, in particular on land not owned by the Council,
2. That Council, in the context of the report, the remaining uncertainties, the probability of further cost escalations and the inherent difficulties of delivery on other agencies’ land, resolve to:
1. (a) not proceed with the project and determine to withdraw the current planning permit application; and
2. (b) direct Officers to advise relevant parties accordingly.
The link to the report and its attachments is here. Note Item 11.1
(The full URL is https://www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/events/2019/03/19/council-meeting-19-march-2019 )
Be at Fitzroy Town Hall, this Tuesday night from 7pm!
More than 250 objections have been lodged against the planning permit in opposition to the proposed bike path. On Tuesday we need every objector, their family members, neighbours and friends to be there to remind Councillors just how much we care about our parkland.
Together, we can fill Fitzroy Town Hall. Together, we can help convince our Councillors that the escalated costs and complexity of the shared path project are now too burdensome.
It may be possible to make submissions tomorrow night; the Mayor is yet to decide. Either way, it is important that we remain respectful and polite.
Rushall Reserve can’t speak for itself. It can’t go to this meeting. But we can represent it with strength in numbers. We have fought this proposed bike path for more than four years. Now it’s time to go the distance. Be there tomorrow night for what we hope will be the sweetest of victories.