Pittwater Life March 2018 Issue

Editorial
Newport knows the B-Line drill
Three months after the
B-Line’s launch, the
Government has announced
three days of geotechnical
surveys to help determine if
the intersection of Barrenjoey
Road and Neptune Road at
Newport is a viable location for
a roundabout and the possible
northernmost B-Line terminus.
Transport NSW informs
us that night drilling will
be conducted around the
intersection on March 6,
followed by day drilling on
March 7 and 8, to collect data
and soil samples to inform
the Review of Environmental
Factors (REF) that’s being
prepared. Surveys will also
be conducted through the
Newport Beach car park.
The REF will be ready for
assessment after Easter and
then placed on public display,
with the community invited to
make submissions.
Oh, if you see the Roads
Department camping in the car
park, don’t fret: coincidentally,
they are undertaking drainage
maintenance on a section
of Barrenjoey Rd near The
Serpentine.
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This month we look at the
development issue that’s
polarizing the peninsula: the
planned seniors living units on
a portion of Bayview Golf Club.
On the one hand we
have residents who say the
development would destroy
Pittwater’s highest-priority
wildlife corridor. On the other
are restoration ecologists
recruited by the developer
who claim no such corridor
currently exists – but whose
Environmental Assessment
Report and landscaping
recommendations, if
implemented along with any
approved DA, would increase
connectivity and provide an
environmental gain of 10:1.
Council certainly has a job
on its hands…
The Local Voice Since 1991
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