Concerned local resident Jane Gilmour. Photo David Lowe.
A proposal for twelve new lots in the buffer zone between Wilson Nature Reserve and existing houses on City View Drive, East Lismore, has local residents worried.
There are concerns about environmental impacts, water management, fire risk, and increased traffic on City View Drive, with the only two access roads in the area (which are very steep) already under pressure. Map showing proposed subdivision (DA 21/253, 37 City View Drive East Lismore).
DA 21/253 (37 City View Drive) is before Lismore City Council, but currently subject to a ‘stop the clock’ letter while the proponent considers additional requests from council.
Lismore in flood last week. Photo Duncan Wilson.
Last week’s flood was a strange one. This time the river could not be blamed, as the most damaging part of the flood was caused by an intense shower (more like a waterfall according to witnesses), on the town side of the levee.
For locals still recovering from the emotional scars of the last flood, it was a challenging experience to say the least.
Like many other people, Maddy Braddon’s mum lost her parked car in the latest deluge. Young North Lismore resident Maddy took to social media to talk to others who were affected by the intense rain, and what followed.