After a long period of buck passing, inertia and gridlock, delays and disagreements, it seems like there is finally some progress on fixing the riverfront. Yarra Bend council approval for riverfront protection is the next step. Council to respond to Glenvill Glenvill is responsible for ‘handing back’ the area
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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
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
The Yarra Council Strategic Plan – including direction and budgets – has been published in draft for comment. Submissions can be made via an online survey here , via email here by mailing to PO Box 168, , Richmond 3121. or at the Council Meeting to adopt the Council
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
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