Rail Shutdown Weekend After Easter

A rail shutdown has been scheduled from 2am Saturday 11 April to 2am Monday 13 April. The ETTT project will take advantage of this rail shutdown in order to complete construction activities safely while there are a reduced number of trains using the network and to minimise disruption to rail customers.  Buses will replace trains.

Chapman Avenue Bridge will be closed from 7am to 7pm on Saturday 11 April and Sunday 12 April. The closure will provide safe working space for the installation of safety screens. Traffic control and signage will be in place to assist motorists to detour via Copeland Road Bridge. Please follow directions and proceed carefully.

Autumn Walk, Sunday 17 May

Meet at 2pm near the carpark at the end of Day Rd Cheltenham and return there for afternoon tea at 4.30.  
We will be crossing the creek then using the walking track from Day Rd to Pennant Hills Park, then walking back through to Azalea, Tristania, Sutherland and Malton Roads. At the end of Malton Rd, we will be talking about the bushland we have actively campaigned to save from development (see below). We then will follow the walking track along Byles Creek from the end of Malton Rd to Day Rd.  A short history talk on the suburb will also be provided by the Beecroft History Group.
 
This is a long walk with steep grades up to Pennant Hills Park and down Malton Rd. Wear walking shoes, a hat and bring water 

AGM Confirmed 22 April

AGM confirmed as at Uniting Church Hall 82 Beecroft Rd on Wednesday 22 April at 7.30.  See the main BCCT website for more details.

Concerns about construction traffic

Following a very near-miss, involving two little Arden kids nearly being squashed by a truck, the Wongala-Chapman corner site has been closed, pending a proper traffic-management plan being submitted.  The Police were present last week & apparently were appalled by the traffic issues.  There was also an issue involving a worker urinating in public.  This week the middle [Chapman Avenue] site was operating with traffic backed up and into Beecroft Road - with cars doing three-point turns to avoid local congestion.  What will happen with these three sites and the Module?  Has the Council got a plan for this - or will we just wait for the inevitable accidents and injuries?  Arden School has been pretty active about this as well.

79-87 Malton Road - Defered by Council

The application to allow residential development of the above land was discussed at the Hornsby Shire Council meeting on 11 March.

After many speakers, Council accepted a motion by Councillors Hutchence, Browne, and Azizi that included the following:

Council write to the Minister for the Environment, Local State Members and candidates for the upcoming State election for the seat of Epping, seeking the NSW Government’s commitment to purchase 79-87 Malton Road, Beecroft on the basis that it provides important habitat for a diversity of native flora and fauna including several threatened species such as the GangGang Cockatoo endangered population and the vulnerable Powerful Owl and Grey-Headed Flying Fox and forms part of an important wildlife corridor that allows species to disperse and transfer genetic material between local reserves and Lane Cove National Park.

The matter was adjourned to allow time for that submission to be put and responded to.

BCCT AGM

The AGM is tentatively booked for the Uniting Church Hall on Wednesday 22 April at 7.30 to 10.  Further details, agenda, candidates for election to the Committee, and proposed changes to the constitution will be listed here when available, and published in our next bulletin.

Swimming Pool Regulation Implementation Delayed Again

Following discussions with child safety advocates, councils and industry stakeholders, pool owners will be granted a 12-month extension to make sure they have a valid compliance certificate before the property can be sold or leased. “We have listened to stakeholder requests for more time and examined the evidence from certifiers,” Minister for Local Government Paul Toole said. 

“The evidence showed there was a high failure rate for initial inspections and a heavy demand to make pools compliant,” he said.