Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Clean Up Australia
Clean Up Australia this year is on Sunday 4 March, the Beecroft effort starting at the Beecroft Village Green (by the tennis courts) from 9am for a few hours in the morning. If possible bring your own gloves.
Autumn BCCT Walk
The Autumn Walk will take place on April 15, starting and ending at Cheltenham Oval, from 2pm to about 4pm.
Starting in the Cheltenham Oval car park next to the netball courts we walk through the bush to Kirkham St. Points of interest will be bushfire recovery and proposed access road for NW Rail.
Them across Kirkham and along the Transurban track to come out below Beecroft Scout hall. Features will be bush regen works. Turn left and go down to Devlins Ck then turn right and walk through to York St . Features will be bush regen.
Turn right and return to scout hall , along gravel access road to Kirkham.
Up Kirkham to Boronia, along Boronia. Feature will be 37 Boronia subdivision.
Turn right down Cheltenham Rd and down steps to Castle Howard Rd (more bush regen work) and then back to carpark
2012 Annual General Meeting
The AGM is now confirmed as March 26th. So it's time to nominate for the Committee if interested in standing for the committee. Nomination forms can be obtained from the BCCT secretary, Peter Hewitt, at the Ray White Beecroft offices in the Module, Beecroft Shopping Village.
Who Has Authority in DA1305?
The following is an extract from a letter copied to the BCCT by it's author, a resident of Beecroft. It refers to a response from the Mayor sent to people who protested about DA1305.
Mr. Mahony,
The below response from Nick is quite confusing. He states that Council has limited authority with which to reject this application however, as per the attached letter from Greg Smith MP, it seems that the State Government also denies responsibility for the decision.
Please let us know who has the ultimate authority in this case?
The council elected by the Ratepayers, the State member elected by the citizens of NSW, or a non-elected Panel consisting of people who may or may not have any interest or affiliation with the area affected by their decision?
Regards
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Northern Sydney Freight Corridor
The following was received from Transport of NSW in response to an enquiry:
Thank you for your email regarding the Northern Sydney Freight Corridor (NSFC) Program.
The NSFC Program is a jointly funded initiative, supported by both the Australian and NSW governments, to improve the capacity and reliability for freight trains on the Main North Line between North Strathfield and Broadmeadow, Newcastle. A scoping study has been carried out which has identified four projects in this stage of the program.
The program involves the construction of:
o a rail underpass at North Strathfield
o a third track between Epping and Thornleigh
o new passing loops near Gosford
o a holding loop at Hexham.
Transport for NSW is responsible for the delivery of the projects at North Strathfield, Epping to Thornleigh and Gosford. Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) is responsible for the delivery of the Hexham project.
Environmental assessments are currently being prepared which will provide information on all environmental factors associated with the construction and operation of the projects within the NSFC Program, including noise and visual impacts and mitigation options. To ensure the projects benefit from local input, the environmental assessments will be publicly displayed for members of the community to review and provide comment later this year.
In our correspondence with you dated 9 September 2011, we let you know you would be able to talk to the project team once design has further progressed and environmental impact assessments had been completed as part of the public exhibition process.
Public exhibition dates have not been confirmed yet. Once this is finalised we will contact you about the community information sessions. The information sessions will provide an opportunity to talk to key members of the NSFC project team, who will be on hand to answer any questions you my have on the program.
For enquires regarding the existing rail corridor and railway line or to report a problem please contact RailCorp directly through the RailGreenline on
1300 656 999 or the Transport Information Line on 131 500
Up-to-date information is also available on the Projects page of the Transport for NSW website (www.transport.nsw.gov.au).
If you require further information can also call the Project Infoline on 1800 684 490.
Kind regards
Kelly Potts
Public Affairs Officer | Transport Construction Authority
Transport for NSW
Public Affairs Officer | Transport Construction Authority
Transport for NSW
Transport NSW
Are you aware that a discussion paper is due to be released in Feb about the "NSW Long Term Transport Master Plan" ?
www.transportmasterplan.nsw.gov.au
www.transportmasterplan.nsw.gov.au
Rail Flange Noise Petition
If you are unhappy about rail flange noise through Beecroft and Cheltenham, please consider signing this petition:
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