BendigoWeekly www.bendigoweekly.com.au
ISSUE 721 FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2011
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Bendimo go-ahead Page 3 ■ Burnt trees to stay Page 5 ■ Defence contract called soon Page 7
Man arrested after ‘shot fired’ A LONG Gully man was in police custody late yesterday, after an alleged shooting incident at a Happy Valley Road property that sparked a lockdown of City of Greater Bendigo offices and a local law firm. The 58-year-old man was arrested just after 1.30pm. No one was injured in the incident. FULL STORY Page 3
BYPASSED BendigoAhead By ANTHONY RADFORD
A LAST-MINUTE plan could see a solution reached in the battle over whether or not to build a four-lane road through historic Quarry Hill. VicRoads and the City of Greater Bendigo council released the Draft Bendigo Road Transport Strategy in March. Bendigo’s population is expected to grow by 40,000 people
Erskine calls for new road rethink
by 2030, which translates to about 115,000 vehicle trips each day. The strategy proposed more than $380 million work to the city’s road network over the next 25 years. The Bendigo Weekly revealed in March homes could be lost as part of the plan, which had at its centre a road connecting the city’s south and north through the historic suburb. Strong campaigning from locals
culminated in 453 submissions to the strategy, and a public hearing at the Bendigo library last night. The man credited with saving Bendigo from running out of water, well-known businessman Don Erskine, had previously backed the plan to build a road up the railway reserve from the city’s south to north. Mr Erskine has reiterated his support for the plan, but said a
through-road in Quarry Hill was not the right idea. Mr Erskine said the plan should look at a series of exits or distribution points. “We have to address the future population growth of the city, but I am not convinced the study has come up with the final solution,” he said. “A lot of the strategy and what it recommended was extremely good
and will alleviate problems around Bendigo. “But the final north-south route needs more input, even though the basic concept is right.” Mr Erskine called for a change in direction away from a throughroad, towards a series of planned exits. “The distribution of traffic from Myrtle Street or through Quarry Hill needs to be refined,” he said. “I am talking about distributing traffic to different areas when it leaves the train line. Continued Page 2
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