MEDIA RELEASE - URGENT ESCARPMENT MEETING
- RETRIEVE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY
Wollongong City Councillor Kerrie Christian confirmed that she would be meeting with representatives from the Illawarra Escarpment Coalition and other resident groups urgently following last Monday night's Council meeting.
There is real concern forming in the community that Council has flatly opposed a number of the key recommendations of the Commissioner following the Commission of Inquiry into the Escarpment, according to Cr Christian.
"There was a lot of anger at Neighbourhood Committee 3 last night," explained Cr Christian, "because of the Council decision to support lifting the moratorium on processing development proposals in very sensitive areas until all studies recommended by the Commissioner are completed."
Cr Christian indicated that whilst Council supported quite a number of the recommendations of the Commissioner, that in opposing several key recommendations, including the moratorium the Council was effectively thumbing its nose at the substantive findings and recommendations of the Commissioner.
"The Minister for Urban Affairs and Planning should not be deluded into believing that the view of the Council is a unanimous one which is widely supported in the community," commented Cr Christian, "there is a lot of anger out there which he will find is not going to go away."
"The sooner the landuse planning studies are carried out the better," commented Cr Christian, "I fear that now some of these will never be carried out - with rubber stamping by the minister, and the most contentious sites now probably going to be processed by the Council - you only have to look at Helensburgh - 5 years after the Commission of Inquiry - there has been no real support from State Government agencies to prepare the Environment Management Plan - we may well see a repeat with the Escarpment - of the findings of a Commission of Inquiry conveniently forgotten."
Cr Kerrie Christian
0408 115 099
15/12/99
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