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heBerr T y $3 Alliance POTown Box 202 Berry NSW 2535 www.berryalliance.org.au CrierJULY 2012 Berry Camellia & Floral Show Berry School of Arts - Alexandra Street, Berry Saturday August 4th & Sunday August 5th Doors open: Saturday 12noon - 4pm, Sunday 10am - 2pm Official Opening & Presentation of Trophies Saturday at 12.30pm Admission: $4.00 into the show, Light Lunches available www.berrygardens.org.au See August edition See Page 13 of this issue Ph: (02) 4464 2061 for more details TheBerry Town CrierAlliance Inside this Edition Victoria Street Forum ..................page 3 RMS – latest updates ...................page 4 - 23.7.2012 .2012 Broughton Creek Study ..............page 7 30.6 Grab your 4 Page Lift out.. Inside this edition! A sad day for Berry Public ....... page 11 TheBerry Around Town Water Filling Station a whole bunch of toilets, opposite a church and Council have now completed the installation of the CWA rooms and is already regularly used for a Water Filling Station near the crossing on the parking. It is also a very short distance to town – Highway and the Notice Board in Broughton Court. with a footpath. We are pleased to say that some Alliance This is a free water bottle fi lling station and water initial plans have been sent to the Alliance for fountain. This has been in the planning stage for consideration and discussion. If you have a view some time. Following the fi rst round of installations on this issue that you would like us to make please made by the Council, the Berry Alliance requested email it to [email protected] The Town Crier to have one installed in Berry. The Berry Chamber of Commerce have also been pushing for this facility Public and other available INFORMATION in Berry. It could not be better timing as the Tour Toilets in Berry de Berry special water bottles will be available for The Alliance has been discussing the provision and The Town Crier is produced by the purchase from the end of June. They will be available Berry Alliance, Inc. adequacy of the Toilets in Berry with Council for from the Berry Mountain Bike shop, the Berry IGA and some time. This has culminated in some lengthy The purpose of this publication is to a number of other outlets and events. Each bottle discussions about what we have available now, communicate to the people of purchased all profi ts go towards a new footpath / Berry about community activities and to their usage and popularity and what can be done to generate a small income for the cycleway on Clarence Street outside the Berry Public improve them. There are some good ideas as to how Berry Alliance to cover School for our kids. improvements can be made and these should be administrative costs. Princess Street Park formalised soon. Once this occurs we will publicise Membership of the Berry Alliance During an inspection and walk around Berry with them in a future edition of the Town Crier. Obtaining costs $10 pa. funding for anything is another issue. It aims to share information the General Manager of Council a couple of months amongst community groups and ago a number of things were identifi ed by the individuals, and to ensure that Berry Alliance that needed attention. This included Random Acts of Kindness and Berry continues to be a the state of Princess Street Park. There were a huge Safety Crossings across the community we are proud of. number of “woody weeds” and undergrowth ruining Highway Membership is open to Berry the park and the water course that needed removal. We have previously raised the issue of the Safety community groups and individuals. We are pleased to say that this work has now been Crossing on Queen Street and we called for our To join the Berry Alliance, write to completed by Council and the park looks so much community to make a “random act of kindness” and P.O. Box 202, Berry 2535. better (and bigger!) We understand that there will be stop to allow pedestrians to cross when it is safe EDITOR: 0428 037 572 some planting at the Park very soon. for you to do so. Please consider this and if there is [email protected] no truck right behind you, stop and assist people Alliance Secretary: 0449 569 059 Formalised Parking on Victoria wishing to cross. This applies to both the Safety Email: [email protected] Street outside the Showground Crossing outside the Pharmacy and Bank as well Post Offi ce Box 202, Berry 2535 Amongst other issues raised with Council when the as the one (mostly used by kids going to and from BERRY ALLIANCE Alliance did a ‘walk-around’ Berry with the General school and Pre-school near Edward Street. EDITORIAL BOARD Manager was for formalised angle parking – similar The Alliance has also requested signage from Rick Gainford to the one outside the swimming pool in Albany Council for pedestrians at these crossings explaining Jennifer Clapham Street. The Alliance believes that money would be that the pedestrians DO NOT have right of way at Kate Bramley much better spent for increased parking capacity Safety crossings. Sharon Dunn as opposed to Councils pursuit of angle parking in Berry Alliance Contributors are those from the Berry Princess Street adjacent to the Princess Street Park. community Victoria Street is outside the Showgrounds, near Management Committee who have news or views relating to residents of the area. The opinions expressed in the Town Crier are not necessarily those of the Berry Alliance or the Editor. The Town Crier is published every month, with a circulation of 2300. I would like to subscribe to the • ALL SIZE LAWNS Berry Alliance Town Crier for twelve months. • ALL SIZE GARDENS I ENCLOSE MY CHEQUE FOR $55.00 INCL. GST. • ALL SIZE HEDGES PLEASE POST MY COPY TO: • PLANT SALES NAME: ................................................................... • ADVICE .................................................................................. • QUALIFIED HORTICULTURIST ADDRESS: ............................................................ • OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE .................................................................................. PHONE: .................................................................. RETURN TO: Based in Broughton Village we service Berry and Surrounding Areas PO Drop Box or PO Box 202, Berry NSW 2535 Call Lawrie Hathaway Printed by Berry Printers CONCORDE WAY BOMADERRY PH: 4421 0569 0411 888 333 A/H : 42 342 900 PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER Page 2 - The Town Crier www.berryalliance.org.au JULY 2012 Community Forum Report Editor’s Note... The Forum held to discuss the traffi c and other • Possibility of linking green spaces and The closing date for our issues surrounding Victoria Street was held on footpaths and cycleways around Western AUGUST issue will be Thursday 14th June. There were over 80 people end of Berry; Wednesday 18th JULY 2012 in attendance and presentations were made by: • Second exit point at Woodhill Mountain Road on the Expressway heading north Please submit prior to this date if it is • RMS (RTA) – Stuart Dalziel - Based on would alleviate a number of traffi c number your fi rst submission. existing traffi c conditions on Victoria issues; Material can be submitted via e-mail to: [email protected] St, Stuart presented statistics on: traffi c • Various ideas and concepts regarding counts, intersection turning counts and or drop box in the Berry Post Offi ce improved traffi c conditions and improved PO Box 202 Berry 2535 origin-destination surveys. Based on these safety by altering priorities at some Phone 0428 037 572 statistics, Stuart indicated that 20% of intersections. Sharon Dunn - BERRY TOWN CRIER vehicles travel along the entire length on • Businesses in Queen Street would benefi t Victoria St while 80% of vehicles stop on/ from as much passing traffi c as possible; or turn off before the end of Victoria St. • Speeding and other traffi c issues around Updates from your Editor Stuart also presented future traffi c forecasts Berry need to be taken up and enforced by based on the following options: Victoria the Police. Snr. Constable Paul Nancekeival Delivery glitch with our last issue St being closed in both directions, being was present at the forum and spoke about Due to staffi ng issues, the company closed in one direction and remaining open. the traffi c and accident history in and we employ to deliver the Town Crier For the purposes of moving forward with an around Victoria Street and; each month were unable to do so environmental assessment, Stuart explained • Emergency vehicles and possible delays in their normal prompt fashion. We that the RMS were required to present one if Victoria Street is closed to traffi c going understand that only certain areas of of the above options to proceed with the onto the expressway. the Berry Township were affected and assessment. The RMS chose the full closure we appreciate the delivery company’s option for the purposes of this assessment; Following this discussion there was a consensus efforts to rectify the situation by however, Stuart did state that the RMS could that the main issues were: delivering to these outstanding areas deliver on any of the above options. Stuart • Protection, preservation and enhancement over the June long weekend. Thank you also stated that the RMS had no preference of Mark Radium Park; to all the residents that brought this to and leaving Victoria Street open, or partly • Traffi c numbers and safety around Victoria my attention and I have been assured closed or fully closed makes little difference Street (particularly Western end), around this has now been rectifi ed. or fi nancial difference to them. Berry Public School as well as adjacent Streets and; • Council Traffi c Specialist – Scott Wells - with • Queen Street (old highway) should remain traffi c movements, projections, requests the main feeder road onto any expressway I My Town Crier of RMS and a number of ramifi cations heading toward Nowra.

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