Northern Beaches
Northern Beaches Council last night voted to reject the draft Ingleside Place Strategy in its current form, raising a number of serious issues which need to be considered by the NSW government.
Council noted the significant concerns of continued bushfire risk, lack of traffic and transport planning, the significant cost to ratepayers to provide the most basic of infrastructure, significant impacts on biodiversity and the ability to deliver any affordable housing in line with Council’s adopted policy.
Council will raise these issues in their submission to the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment and also write to the NSW Planning Minister requesting that the NSW Government transfer into Council ownership, at no cost, the NSW Government land on which planning infrastructure is sited.
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NSW, SA snag lion’s share of budget infrastructure spending
By Fergus Halliday
11 May 2021
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NSW, SA and Victoria have snagged the lion’s share of infrastructure spending in the latest federal budget.
As revealed in the 2021 budget, the government is committing an additional $15.2 billion to infrastructure projects over the next ten years. This will bump the total federal commitment to $110 billion, with the additional spending said to account for 30,000 new jobs over the decade.
At a federal level, both the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program and Road Safety Program are being extended for another year at the cost of $1 billion each.
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th May! An iconic event within the community, the St Ives Show run by the St Ives Agricultural and Horticultural Show Society is celebrating 100 years this May. Considering last year’s show was evidently cancelled due to the pandemic, organisers are keen to bring the community together in celebration of the major centenary milestone, says the society’s secretary Trina Walker.
“To the best of our knowledge, the establishment of the St Ives showground site was due to the activities of the St Ives fruit growers, who prior to 1921, had been using Hassell Park on Mona Vale Road as a showground site. Renaming themselves the Northern Suburbs Agricultural & Horticultural Association, the fruit growers held their first show in 1921. The show ceased with the beginning of WWII when the showground was used by the defence force as the 18th Battalion, with the show reopening after the war,” Trina notes.
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Federal Budget supports Tasmania’s recovery plan
Tasmania continues to benefit from the Liberal and Nationals Government’s record infrastructure investment, with funding for major new projects to be announced in this week’s 2021-22 Budget, securing Australia’s recovery.
Key projects to be funded include:
$80 million for the Tasmanian Roads Package – Bass Highway Safety and Freight Efficiency Upgrades Package – Future Priorities;
$48 million for the Algona Road Grade Separated Interchange and Duplication of the Kingston Bypass;
$44 million for the Rokeby Road – South Arm Road Upgrades;
$37.8 million for the Midland Highway Upgrade – Campbell Town North (Campbell Town to Epping Forest);