Action needed on Memorial Ave bushland
To date I have only received a couple of succinct acknowledgements to my submission urging reclassification of 21-23 Memorial Ave, Blackwall, as community land.
The situation of this bushland is getting worse by the day.
Is it really beyond the budget of the Council to send in a team of gardeners to remove the rubbish, fill in the holes, and mow the grass?
The reserve has become unusable, except by people who dump garden and other rubbish.
It is also necessary to protect it from the predations of the builders on the vacant land next door:
A fence to keep them out would appear to be essential.
(When the units at Lot 25 were under construction, the builders chopped down trees and used the reserve as easy access to their block).
When this bushland was first made a reserve, Council employees brought some big sandstone blocks to keep cars out.
However, as there was a car parked on the reserve at the time, they placed the blocks between the car and the trees, thus creating a de facto parking lot, to the detriment of the reserve.
It would not be an utter impossibility to remove the cars and then move the blocks to the boundary.
I do hope this is not too much to ask.
I am still looking forward to a reply from Council, a real one this time, and to getting our reserve back.
SOURCE:
Email, 18 May 2023
Jane Hendy, Blackwall