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PROTESTERS have turned up in numbers to oppose state government plans to put train stabling on a former landfill site in Heatherton.
In late 2020, the state government confirmed that the former Delta site in Heatherton was its preferred location for suburban rail loop stabling yards. The move was slammed by Kingston Council, which had eyed off the land for a new regional sporting facility (“Train stabling decision devastated community”,
Protesters visited Heatherton on Saturday to voice their opposition to the plans. Heatherton Residents Against Inappropriate Development Inc president Andrew Dawson said “as a Heatherton resident of some 25 years, I have fought to protect this area from inappropriate and intrusive proposals that would ruin the enjoyment of our peaceful amenity and forever break the link in the decades long promised Chain of Parks.”