Tara Murray
Community concerns are yet to be addressed in the planning for the Fitzgerald Road level crossing removal, according to Brimbank council.
The state government announced in January that work on removal of level crossings at Fitzgerald Road, Ardeer and Robinsons Road, Deer Park had been brought forward to this year.
At last week’s council meeting, councillors resolved to write to Transport Minister Jacinta Allan and the Level Crossing Removal Project team over a number of concerns they have about the Fitzgerald Road removal.
The council had previously written to both in September, raising concerns about loss of open space and biodiversity, traffic noise impacts, air pollution and active transport. The council said it did not receive replies to its letters until after the announcement that the project had been brought forward.
The City of Stonnington is aware of an article regarding planned rail level crossing removals.
We are concerned the article does not fully reflect the Council’s position and believe it’s important people understand the facts.
Please our full statement below:
The City of Stonnington is committed to advocating on behalf of our community on issues that are important to them. We most recently did this on proposed rail level crossing removals to ensure that we could clearly and definitively share the voice and desires of our community with the Victorian Government.
In response to advice from the Victorian Government that it was preparing a business case for the proposed removal of the Glenferrie Road, Kooyong and Tooronga Road, Malvern rail crossings, the City of Stonnington actively sought to understand the views of the affected community – both those who live next to the crossings and those in the surrounding area.