Alastair,
I think you will find that SOPA had nothing to say about the matter.
Electricity suppliers are able to site their infrastructure where it is most
suitable for them, just as mobile phone providers, etc can.
Carl Clifford
> On 27 Oct 2014, at 09:43, Alistair McKeough <>
> wrote:
>
> I used to get to Bicentennial Park (BP) regularly, but haven't visited for
> a while.
>
> On the weekend I was disturbed to see a new building being constructed
> adjacent to Lake Belvedere, in the corner of Bennelong Parkway and
> Australia Avenue. It seemed to be an over-development and poorly situated
> close to the spill off areas from the Lake (which is often too full,
> forcing waders into the spill off zones or on to other nearby wetland
> areas).
>
> On closer inspection there is now a mound of dirt stockpiled on top of what
> was previously a small wetland area and reed bed that served as overflow
> from the Lake and was a small but excellent habitat for birds, at which I
> had regularly observed interesting species including, for example, Latham's
> Snipe.
>
> Apparently the new building is an electricity substation, being installed
> "to meet the increasing electricity demand from the area's growing business
> and residential community":
> http://www.sopa.nsw.gov.au/for_business/notice_board/ausgrid_community_notice_on_substation_project
>
>
> The habitat at BP has supported some interesting species in recent years.
> It is seriously disturbing to see good habitat being chewed up my an
> unsympathetically placed electricity substation.
>
> I am extremely disappointed that SOPA has allowed this. Hitherto, I had
> thought SOPA a reasonably sympathetic manager of the habitat under its
> charge but the placement of this substation adjacent to the Lake and the
> allowing of stockpiling of building waste on good bird habitat is hopeless.
>
> So, next time you're enjoying a spot of birding around BP you can scratch
> this site of your list of places to check for interesting species. It's now
> yet another place where you can soak up a bit of extra electromagnetic
> radiation and observe the accelerating march towards an urban environment
> with negligible biodiversity but lots of pretty playgrounds surrounded by
> buffalo grass.
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