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Cheers and fears over threats to green wedge
SATURDAY 1 May was a day of celebration for those opposed to the now-withdrawn plan by power company AGL to import liquified natural gas through a terminal at Crib Point.
However, the more than 400 people gathered at Balnarring common to revel in their shared victory were also warned to be wary of governments and vested interests eyeing parts of the Mornington Peninsula’s green wedge for development.
“Governments cannot be trusted to protect Western Port and the peninsula’s green wedge,” Cr David Gill said.
He listed “concerning issues still being pushed by the state and federal governments” as including Kawasaki’s hydrogen gas from brown coal export trial at Hastings; proposed rezoning of bayside land in Hastings to unknown port related uses; the gas pipeline still proposed through Hastings; state government discussions to reduce the green wedge around towns; and the federal government’s proposal for a “huge train st
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Hundreds of people have taken to the streets of Sunbury to voice their disapproval at the proposed dumping of contaminated soil at a site in Bulla.
Protesters, many wearing ‘No Toxic Soil in Sunbury’ T-shirts and others carrying picket signs, gathered at the Village Green beside Sunbury Memorial at noon on Sunday.
Community members and local politicians addressed the crowd before the protestors made their way down Macedon Street before returning to the Village Green.
The Sunbury and Bulla communities have voiced their frustration at the Victorian government over a proposed relocation of contaminated soil from the West Gate Tunnel Project to a site on Sunbury Road in Bulla.
Keith Platt, Author at Bayside News baysidenews.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from baysidenews.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.