Last spring and the spring before, the riverfront faced significant erosion. Can we end the standoff on riverfront rehabilitation before new runoff patterns upset the steep slope of industrial waste soil perched above the riverfront path? When the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) resolved that the riverfront would
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The VCAT decision on Glenville’s application to exceed the DPO building heights has been published publicly. This post is going to give you a quick overview of the judgements and why they happened, but the full text is available here: Links to VCAT Ref P1815/2020 & P1816/2020 8 main
Discussions about the long term plan for ownership of the Riverfront land have now been resolved with the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) to have the riverfront as Crown Land, and to join with Yarra Council as a Committee of Management.Pushing for a responsible, capable and engaged
Darebin Trail is a beautiful piece of public infrastructure that runs through Alphington. You just can’t get to it from Alphington. And you thought ‘You can’t get there from here‘ was supposed to be an absurdist joke… The Link was committed to in 2017, and after a long process,
This week’s AGM gave us the opportunity to hear from Kat Theophanous – State Labor Member for Northcote. Her first update was regarding the long standing issue of the Riverfront, and the most central challenge, exactly how will it be publicly owned. Kat has been working with APMAG for
Getting the riverfront rehabilitated and protected as public land has been a issue for over 10 years, as subsidence, erosion and tree fall have been getting worse. Now, recent heavy rains have flooded the area, and the unfinished rehabilitation works have left the footpath unprepared to stand up to
Riverfront Path open – looking worse for wear A beautiful walk isn’t just a nice to have these days – it’s become a prescriptible Mental Health plan all its own!So we are are beyond grateful that the path along the riverfront we all love has reopened. The link between the
It’s taken so long to fix the drainage on the riverfront, mature trees are suffering permanent damage and are likely to not survive. In fact the machinery has churned up the surrounding area, and the area is so damaged, we have seen sightseers driving their car down on to
Thanks to all who joined us for the 2020 AGM & Candidate forum. The AGM was fast. The forum was civil & informative. How good is that. The functions of an AGM were swiftly dealt with prior minutes accepted etc, and we moved quickly to the Presidents Report, with
The APMAG team met with Glenville representatives to get an update on the monitoring of the subsidence and erosion of the Alphington Yarra riverfront. Glenville have installed monitors across the site, in pits and the riverfront itself, to track data. The monitors track water levels, as well as the
The proposal to demolish, and re-purpose the Amcor Boiler House has been submitted and received by Yarra Council. This is following the Minister for Planning considering a recommendation by the Heritage Council for the registration of the boiler house on the Victorian Heritage Register and determining not to include
Yarra Council’s riverbank report will be considered by council on Tuesday, 27th August. The interim report investigates the riverbank slumping and why groundwater has increased. The report says the development is causing increased ground water, but that not much can be done in the short term to reduce further
City of Yarra has engaged consulting firm Alluvium to undertake a comprehensive investigation into the slippage of the bank and the fallen or at risk trees. A preliminary memo was tabled at the Council meeting of 30th July about the Tree Collapse and bank slumping. Alluvium will be undertaking
At the community meeting on 20th June, APMAG offered to request further information from both Council and Glenvill on a number of issues. These are listed below. A key issue was the collapse of the riverbank and loss of mature trees, but of greater concern was the increased groundwater
Council has provided the following information to Community Reference Group Members regarding the current status of the riverfront: “You will be aware of the current issues at the Amcor site regarding the fallen tree and the condition of the river bank. I want to outline to you what has
Many Alphington locals have noticed and commented on the pathway along the river frontage of the AMCOR site having been closed because a tree has fallen into the river and the path has collapsed. There are two additional trees adjacent to the fallen tree that are have had their