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Lib bid to ban quarry
4 Mins Read Not in our backyard: Younger voices have been their concerns about the proposed quarry at Arthurs Seat. Picture: Supplied Share
DRAWINGS by children opposed to the proposed Hillview quarry at Arthurs Seat have been shown in state parliament and included in Hansard.
About 50 children wrote letters and drew pictures last month in a bid to convince Ross Trust board members to abandon their plans to clear 38 hectares of bushland for the proposed quarry which would be 190-metres deep. (“Chorus of young voices add to quarry opposition”
The proposed quarry would be about 800 metres from Red Hill Consolidated School and Monterosso Early Learning Centre in Red Hill, and about 1.9 kilometres from Dromana Secondary School and Peninsula Specialist College.