Councillors voted unanimously to receive the petition and refer it to the director of infrastructure services for further investigation.
Both Mayor Vic Pennisi and councillor Sheryl Windle commended the Maryvale community on their united efforts, but said it was clear after a recent council workshop that many of the small town’s residents were confused about the development’s trajectory.
“We’ve developed an (Urban Development Framework) in Maryvale and quite a lot of that has been achieved …(but) we need to develop some kind of action plan in relation to Maryvale so we’re not doing this all higgledy-piggledy,” Cr Pennisi said.