Spring 2013 West Ward News Newsletter of the Chatswood West Ward Progress Association Inc
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6,000 copies distributed to West Ward households Spring 2013 West Ward News Newsletter of the Chatswood West Ward Progress Association Inc. Editor: Terry Fogarty 0477 299 763 Established 1929 – incorporated 1995 Working together for Willoughby Advertising: Ian Tanner 9411 7341 Mowbray Road Saga Continues What’s in West Ward News A design for the Traffic Lights at the Works proposed under the traffic Federal election special ................................. 2 intersection of Mowbray Road and strategy include: Message from Paul Fletcher ......................... 2 Beaconsfield Road has been approved Traffic signals at Mowbray Parking fees down ......................................... 3 by Lane Cove and Willoughby Councils Road/Hatfield Street New bus route to Castle Hill .......................... 3 and the RMS. The RMS has agreed to Addition of a right turn bay for Golf Club Lands ............................................. 4 fund the installation of the traffic lights southbound traffic turning from Free WiFi in Mall ........................................... 5 which are being installed by a contractor Mowbray Road into Centennial engaged by Lane Cove Council. Avenue School upgrades ........................................... 5 Lane Cove Council has rezoned land on Addition of a dedicated left turn Complaints phone app ................................... 6 the southern side of Mowbray Road to lane for traffic exiting Centennial State election boundaries .............................. 6 permit higher density residential Avenue northbound to Mowbray Chatswood ignites ........................................ 6 development. This redevelopment will Road westbound Errors in new laws ......................................... 7 result in increased traffic generation from Right turn bays to facilitate Referendum lost? .......................................... 7 that area and in order to ameliorate the turning movements into Mooney Station bedlam? ............................................. 8 impacts of that development the Street, Council mergers ............................................. 8 Department of Planning and Girraween Avenue, Mindarie Fullers Road inaction ..................................... 8 Infrastructure commissioned a traffic Street, Hatfield Street, Kullah study for Lane Cove Council which Parade and Willandra Street proposes a number of traffic West Ward Councillors Banning right turns out of changes along Mowbray Road West. Willandra Street (south), Mindarie CLR. TONY MUSTACA Staff from Lane Cove Council and Street, Girraween Avenue and 23 Robinson Street, Chatswood 2067 Willoughby Council have met to discuss Mooney Street. Ph. 9412 2692 Mob. 0419 447 312 the works proposed by that study and to discuss a community consultation Email: [email protected] strategy with regard to the proposed changes. CLR. MANDY STEVENS Councillor Stevens Recently Willoughby Council requested is on leave at least to the end of the year that all premises within the area bounded by Epping Road, Mowbray Road, Pacific CLR. LYNNE SAVILLE Highway and Fullers Road be consulted 91 Eddy Road, Chatswood 2067 in regard to the traffic changes. The Ph. 9412 1846 Mob. 0402 395 165 Email: [email protected] consultation will commence shortly. Local Projects » Web Site Launched « Dates for your Diary Willoughby Council has earmarked funds The Association recently launched a West Ward for a number of projects within the West website to complement the West Ward. Some of these projects are shown Ward News. Progress Association in the map. These include: The site contains breaking news $35,000 for upgrade of the half-sized Monthly Meeting oval in Greville St (west) stories. In addition, the site will contain information on the heritage of A Master Plan for the Youth Centre Third Thursday of the Month West Ward. $50,000 on the Lane Cove River Foreshore You can find and follow us at: 7:30 PM $15,000 for O.H. Reid and Ferndale Dougherty Centre Park track upgrades www.cwwpa.org $130,000 for Kenneth Slessor Park The website has provision to leave 1 Victor Street, Chatswood During my time on Council I found the comments or you can contact us by December meeting on allocation of project grants to be email: nd 2 Thursday reasonably fair over a number of [email protected] years. (Editor) (No meeting in January or June) 2 Federal Elections Candidates On Thursday 15th August 2013, candidates for the Paul Harrold (DLP) wanted jobs creation, a National upcoming Federal Election to be held on 7th December Population Plan, increased migrant intake to provide labour, were invited to address members of the Association at decentralised hospital funding, allowing 5% of super to be the Monthly Meeting. They were also offered the applied to home loans, increased support for small opportunity to place material in this edition of the West business, University reforms, flexibility in education and Ward News but only one (Paul Fletcher) took up that better wages for teachers. offer. Paul Fletcher (Liberal) attacked labours economic West Ward covers two of the Federal Electorates: North management and taxes. He wanted a strong economy, a Sydney (held by Liberal Joe Hockey) and Bradfield (held controlled budget and a reduction in the tax burden, by Liberal Paul Fletcher). The candidates are: reduced red tape, One Stop Shop for government approvals, two days of parliament set aside to get rid of BRADFIELD NORTH SYDNEY unneeded laws. Hockey, Joe Liberal Fletcher, Paul Liberal Hayes, Peter ALP Harrold, Paul DLP Clr Lynne Saville (Greens) raised the issue of ocean Haines, Alison Greens McInnes, Pippa Greens warming and other marine aspects. Fletcher (LIB) said they McCaffrey, Angus DLP Haviland, Chris ALP probably would not commit to a bi-lateral emissions target. Khan, Raheam Palmer United Buchanan, Blake Palmer United Harrold (DLP) cited Tim Flannery’s varying policy positions. Wiszniewski, Witold Christian Democrat Haines (Greens) would set ambitious targets such as 100% Hayes, Haines, Harrold and Fletcher took up the renewable energy. Hayes (ALP) commented that they opportunity to address members and answer questions. would probably support the initiatives suggested. The DLP’s Senate candidate also attended. There was a wide divergence of opinion with regard to the Peter Hayes, ALP spoke of support for renewable rollout of the National Broadband Network.. There was energy, schools, the M3/F2 link, expanded before and some argy-bargy between the Liberal and ALP candidates after school care and providing $1.6M for each school. about how much the initiative would cost and what level of service is needed. The DLP felt the network should be left Alison Haines (Greens) emphasised renewable energy, to the private sector. The Greens did not see it as an issue certainty for investors, dropping the fossil fuel subsidy they would get involved with. and opposing cuts to the University sector. Message from Paul Fletcher Since being elected the Member for Bradfield for 2009, I A Coalition Government has pledged to scrap the Carbon have had the privilege of representing our local and Mining Taxes, as well as ensuring that there are no community in our nation’s parliament. adverse changes to superannuation. We have also pledged Ours is a unique and vibrant community, with an active to cut company tax, reduce red-tape burdens for small culture of community groups, schools, sporting clubs and businesses and to build the urgently needed F3/M2 other volunteer organisations that add so much to the ‘Missing Link’, which will reduce congestion and take traffic character of our local area. off our major roads. Since being elected, I have pursued matters such as the Trio Capital Collapse, in which I was The upcoming election on September 7 will be one of the the driving force behind a Parliamentary Inquiry into the most important in a generation. issue, and also fighting for victims of Kevin Rudd’s botched The last three years of minority government have given Home Insulation Program. us dysfunction, division and a government almost wholly I hope you will work with me to elect a Coalition focused on itself. Government which will restore Hope, Reward and There is another way. opportunity to all Australians. Some Polling Places in West Ward Note: Due to the large size of each Federal Government electorate, the polling places listed below are just some of those within the electorate. A list of all polling places can be found at: http://www.aec.gov.au/election/downloads.htm#pp Chatswood Guide Hall Anglo St BRADFIELD Chatswood Public School Pacific Hwy BRADFIELD Roseville Public School Archbold Rd BRADFIELD St Barnabas' Anglican Church cnr William & Macquarie Sts BRADFIELD Chatswood Baptist Church Hall cnr Orchard Rd & Albert Ave NORTH SYDNEY Salvation Army Chatswood cnr Archer & Johnson Sts NORTH SYDNEY Chatswood South Uniting Church cnr Mowbray Rd & Pacific Hwy NORTH SYDNEY Chatswood Public School Pacific Hwy NORTH SYDNEY Holy Trinity Church Hall 44 Beaconsfield Rd NORTH SYDNEY Mowbray Public School 635 Mowbray Rd West NORTH SYDNEY 3 Parking Fees Down There has been a positive development 2. The third hour free validation system in relation to parking fees at the can be obtained by producing a receipt Westfield car park. for expenditure at any Chatswood shop The new arrangements are: (not just Westfield) 1. Third hour will be a flat fee of 3. Parking is free for those entering after $3.00 (rather than $6.00) 6 PM (currently 7 PM). Clr Mandy Stevens