Councillor grills officers on mass transit, town plan timing
"It is to council's advantage to have initiated this work so that it is well placed to provide contemporary policy input to the next regional plan," council officers stated. Cr Natoli quizzed them on why the new planning scheme process would start before community consultation on the land use options for a mass transit plan had been carried out. Officers said there would be ample time to consider the Mass Transit Options Analysis and community engagement outcomes, and any council decision, within the new planning scheme process, given the time frames involved. Mass Transit Action Group me...