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Making a point
FEDERAL Treasurer Scott Morrison hit the road to visit Frankston on Friday to sell his budget including money towards the electrification of the Frankston line to Baxter. Mr Morrison was joined by Health Minister Greg Hunt, left, and Dunkley MP Chris Crewther. See story page 6-7. Picture: Gary Sissons
Plea to end ‘cruel’ freeway clearing Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au WILDLIFE carers are on apprehensive as they wait to hear from VicRoads about timelines for the second round of clearing vegetation from the Mornington Peninsula freeway. The initial clearing of established vegetation on freeway between Mt Martha and Rosebud was halted following reports of animals being killed by the authority’s “forestry machine” – and even being mulched alive (“Vi-
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cRoads stops shredding after outcry”, The News, 9/10/17). Community concerns, voiced loudly on social media and radio, slammed the loss of habitat, “cruel” treatment of wildlife, lack of planning and consultation, loss of amenity to the area, increased noise and air pollution, sun and traffic glare, stronger cross winds, increased temperatures on the road and even potential flooding. The protests led to VicRoads representatives meeting at the Rye home of Crystal Ocean Wildlife Shelter’s Bren-
da Marmion, alongside Eve Kelly and Craig Thomson, of Australian Wildlife Protection Council and Klarissa Garnaut, of WHOMP (Wildlife Help on the Mornington Peninsula) to find a solution. VicRoads later called off the clearing after accepting it had had impacted on wildlife and its habitat. Australian Wildlife Protection Council secretary Eve Kelly last week said replanting of the cleared median strip had not yet begun, possibly because VicRoads had not finished installing
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the contentious wire-rope safety barriers. “This begs the question of why they went ahead with the vegetation clearing in spring if they were going to take this long to complete the barriers,” she said. “They could have left nesting birds to fledge.” VicRoads has tendered for new contractors to clear between Rosebud and Dromana. The AWPC has asked for the name of the new contractor, the date they intend starting and details about how many
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zoologists will be onsite – information they were promised in the authority’s Vegetation Clearing Action Plan. The plan had called for the zoologists to contact wildlife shelters and vets to gauge capacities and organise care, Ms Kelly said. “To date, no wildlife shelters have been contacted, yet the shelters have been clear that we need plenty of time to plan for the wildlife that might need to come into care. “With no confirmation date from VicRoads this planning is still up in the air.” Continued Page 6
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