weekender the inner city FRI 9 JAN 2015 • Issue 219
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What’s on in Sydney
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Trades & Services Tra Need help at your place this weekend? p.22
Protect our park
Future of Petersham Park questioned as developments move in CHRIS CONNOLLY
Your special summer guide p.19
No gas here p.6
Your health in 2015 Have you got your goals set for the year? p.15
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ore than 200 people attended a meeting at Petersham Bowling Club late last month concerned about both the NSW Government’s plans to revitalise Parramatta Road and the proposed WestConnex motorway. Kath Reynolds, speaking on behalf of the organising group Save Petersham Park, said UrbanGrowth NSW’s draft strategy for Parramatta Road forecasts 4000 to 5500 new dwellings in the area by 2050 which could see houses around the park and in adjoining streets rezoned to ‘high density’. She said the area around Petersham Park is a heritage conservation area, and residents were understandably horrified by these proposals. “This area is already doing its bit with development,” Ms Reynolds said. “We have the Flourmill highrise going up near Lewisham station with 300 apartments, the Meriton highrise next to it with 400 apartments, and 68 apartments on the old hardware store site on Old Canterbury Rd. As well as this there are four storeys with 54 apartments approved to go up on West St right next to the park.” The meeting voted overwhelmingly to call on the NSW Government to abandon plans for highrise development in the vicinity of the park, and also to abandon plans to build Westconnex and to instead commit to public transport options. Story continues on » p. 3
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