| If, as seems to be the case, the main reason for moving the substation is to increase the value of the surrounding land for the purposes of subsequent development, then I would think COG, however skilled we may be in making submissions, is on a hiding to nothing, given what must be a relatively miniscule number of users that the wetlands attract in their present form. I don't see how developing the Jerrabombera wetlands along the lines of the Hunter Valley and Banrock Station wetlands is Disneyfying the place, at least not from looking at the pictures of the two centres shown on the Riversmart website. Business breakfasts may be slightly over the top, but the idea of a centre to educate the community about the value and fascination of bird life can't be all bad, and supporting something along those lines, which seems to me far better than more apartments, however tastefully designed, may be the best way to get support for saving the wetlands from ultimate destruction.
Ian Hodgson On 03/02/2010, at 9:29 AM, Ian Fraser wrote:
Unless things have changed - and they may have, and I can't quickly lay
my hands on the plan details - my understanding is that the site of the
proposed substation is pretty much where the existing smaller pump
station etc is, opposite the Kelly Swamp carpark. That to me seems less
alarming than proposals to Disneylandise the area to attract 100,000
recreationists (or breakfast meetings - presumably not in the hides or
on the grass!), apparently just because....
Ian
On 03/02/2010, at 7:44 AM, Elizabeth Compston wrote:
This morning's CT . "Revitalised wetlands may attract business breakfast meetings". Riversmart--go to riversmart.org. to get details---100,000 visitors, but they won't be birds. I have not looked at the website yet, but will later. It could be that they have good ideas. It is the location of the electricity substation that worries me, and its size
Anyone been there lately?
Elizabeth
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