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Jamberoo sewer solution disappoints in the past given approval for the decision. next week to place questions a residential development to “This is a cheap and slick on notice to the Minister for occur outside the boundaries solution that is not in the Water and you can guarantee of Sydney Water’s original interest of the community of that I will be fighting back Taken from a Sydney Water map. plan. This was a developJamberoo. on behalf of the community service their lots, so that the ment for over-55s, and it took “I’m appalled with the that will be appalled with this whole of Jamberoo would up a significant proportion of laziness of Sydney Water that proposal.” benefit. the existing PSP system. they are not interested in doKiama’s Mayor Neil Reilly When informed of the situ“That decision was, howing what’s in the best interest is disturbed the decision ation, members of the JVRRA ever, taken with community of the overall community. has been made ahead of a committee, Stuart Richards, consultation, in response to a “What they’ve served up is meeting he has been trying Mary Lou Reid and Roslyn community need that Council actually the worst possible to schedule with the Minister Neilson, commented through agreed was appropriate.” choice of all the options that for Water to voice residents’ a joint statement, “The proThe Member for Kiama, are available. concerns. continued p12 posed large capacity augmen- Gareth Ward, is scathing of “I will be using Parliament tation of the sewerage system outside the village boundary is extremely concerning. “It gives no advantage at all to Jamberoo village, which at this stage is struggling with no spare capacity for sewerage connections for even simple DAs for dual occupancies within the village. “On the other hand, the large augmentation immediately outside of Jamberoo village in effect puts decisions about the future spread of the village into the hands of developers. “It has the potential to enable further re-zoning and residential development applications that will put at risk the community values expressed in the LSPS about the importance of retaining villages in our Municipality that are separated by green spaces. “Jamberoo residents Mark Holder-Keeping and Steve Vassello are looking forward to performing on the big rock at the north end of Kendalls, as part of Bike the Comedy Kiama. Find out more on page 5. remember that Council has The heavy black line shows the boundary of the PSP. The red line is the low pressure pumping system to be upsized.
In response to a request from The Bugle for an update on their plans to increase sewer capacity at Jamberoo, Sydney Water has revealed that there will be no further connections made available within the existing village. Jamberoo residents were told in October 2020 that as no new connections were available they could not lodge DAs that would require them. A spokesperson for Sydney Water told us: “The Jamberoo sewerage scheme was connected as part of the NSW Government’s Priority Sewerage Program (PSP) in 2005. This scheme was designed with limited capacity, including a small allowance for growth and additional development is not able to be connected to the sewer system. “A system that exceeds its capacity limits is likely
to cause overflows which impact the environment and customer properties. This information has been shared with Kiama Council. “Following recent detailed planning, Sydney Water has proposed to upsize the transfer main and odour control unit, which will be funded by the developer, to service 200 dwellings outside the PSP boundary.” When clarification was sought, it was confirmed that this means there will be no extra connections within the existing village (see map). Instead, extra capacity above and beyond the 51 lots envisaged in the Golden Valley Road DA will be provided outside of the boundary of the PSP system. It had been hoped that there could be some way of leveraging off the work required of the developer to
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