News from Werribee - housing estate approved on WTPland

["Dave Torr" <>]

Personally I'd be more worried about the noise from the freeway running so
close. The area is a fair way from the smelly bits and part of it is already
a housing development anyway.

On 21/02/2008, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
>
> No need Tony. After the new residents have all moved in, they will
> all complain about the smell and have the WTP closed down. The
> authorities could then take advantage of the dredging in Port Phillip
> and lay pipes to carry the raw sewage into Bass Strait. Much cheaper
> in the long run.
> You know it makes sense.
>
>
> Carl Clifford
>
>
> On 21/02/2008, at 12:26 PM, Tony Russell wrote:
>
> Let's hope the developers issue nose pegs to the people who buy the
> houses.
>
> T.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
>  On Behalf Of Dave Torr
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] News from Werribee - housing estate approved on
> WTPland
>
>
> Wyndham Council has formally approved the development of part of the
> current Western Treatment Plant as the Riverwalk housing development.
> The local paper says it will take all of the land in the triangle formed
> by the Werribee River, Farm Rd and the Freeway although the website (
> http://www.vicurban.com/cs/Satellite?c=VPage&cid=1148415559491&pagename=
> VicUrban%2FLayout&site=VicUrban)
> shows it as taking the area between the Geelong Rd, Werribee River and
> Freeway) and has long been planned. The area is not of high interest to
> birders (although any loss of open space is of course not good) but
> probably means the loss of access to the WTP via New Farm Rd.
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