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Ho ERALD Volume 25 N 19 Fremantle’s own INDEPENDENT newspaper 1 Cliff Street, Fremantle Saturday May 10, 201 Letterboxed to Fremantle, Beaconsfield, East Fremantle, Hilton, North Fremantle, Ph 30 7727 Fax 30 7726 www.fremantleherald.com ’Connor, Samson, South Fremantle and White um Valley Email news fremantleherald.com ell ll r e la d by STEVE GRANT • Save Beeliar etlands members are reeling following speculation SAVE Beeliar Wetlands says t e bbott government is set to the Barnett government should fund t e construction of Roe stop pushing Roe until appeals by making it s first toll road against its environmental T ey re promising mass action to approval have been heard. stop t e pro ect Photo by Matthew Their call follows WA transport Dwyer minister Dean Nalder confirming he’s negotiating funding with the Find the Fake Ad & WIN a Abbott government that would Chance for a Feast for 2 be tied to the highway slugging 4 2 M ews R d, truckies with WA’s first toll road F rem antle (The Sunday Times, May 4, 2014). SBW member Nandi Chinna told the Herald her group was still trying For details please see Competitions to digest the information, given premier Colin Barnett had said the Want good pay? Some easy, gentle long-planned extension through the exercise? Deliver the Herald to Ramsar-listed wetlands wouldn’t local letterboxes! It’s perfect for be built in this term of parliament. all ages, from young teens to She says the announcement seniors looking to keep active. If makes a mockery of government processes, with 16 appeals against you’re reliable we may just have the EPA’s environmental approval a round near you (we deliver of the road still to be heard. throughout the Fremantle, East Fremantle, Cockburn and Melville municipalities—that’s a lot of Ignored suburbs!). Call the lovely Marie on Ms Chinna says EPA chairman 9430 7727 for more. Paul Vogels ignored scientific advice Log onto www.fremantleherald.com to watch a spiky encounter with an echidna in the wild near Bibra Lake. and relied on flawed data when preparing the approval report. proposal We would want to see They had junior staff, not the quantum of the toll to work out knowledgable experts, collecting whether the advantages in moving data, she said. freight more efficiently would She also criticised Mr Vogels compensate for the toll, he said. Council accused of for taking on the report in the He said the industry already first place, saying his role put him worked on skinny margins and in a position where he could be a toll could push smaller operators influenced by senior politicians, to the wall. rather than sticking to the science. He said some might try to get pro-Roe push poll SBW community campaigner ate around it by sticking to existing elly called the EPA ineffective as slower routes, assuming the an environmental watchdog and government doesn’t block them (as by CARMELO AMALFI highways, and when. Carnaby’s black and Red-tailed flagged conservationists would eastern states governments do). WITH Roe back on the agenda The council strongly supports the black cockatoos. simply not accept its verdict Mr Brownell said the industry as a possible toll road, Melville extension, believing its construction The Liberals have long supported Where governance processes fail was supportive of Roe and will alleviate tra c on Leach and Roe but struggled to find the in their duty to conserve and protect would develop a position on the city council has posted a survey Canning Highways. cash. Now there is speculation the ecological and cultural heritage toll element when it met again in a asking ratepayers whether they It’s not a new idea, but we’d Abbott government may allocate for all West Australians, ordinary month’s time. have ever been stuck in tra c on love to hear what you have to say in Tuesday’s federal Budget the citizens may be forced to take Mr Nalder’s office didn’t two of Perth’s busiest highways. on the Roe Highway extension, hundreds of millions of dollars extraordinary measures. respond to the Herald’s questions, ne of the 10 questions asks it states, adding the proposed needed to construct the 5.5km The group wants more effort put but the premier told the Herald he whether people support the extension through wetlands extension, on the proviso it be built into shifting freight onto rail and could rule out his government ever extension, to alleviate congestion , including Bibra Lake, provides as WA’s first ever toll road. freeing up roads from trucks. broadening the toll to include mum while another, referring to the a better solution to help reduce The survey has been attacked by Meanwhile, the state’s peak and dad motorists. level of impact from tra c, defines the increasing congestion, as well the Save Beeliar Wetlands group, freight organisation has been caught When the Chook pointed out largely negative impact as as provides a more appropriate who claim it is blatantly biased, with off-guard by the announcement of this wasn’t a guarantee that future journeys take longer I am very route for heavy haulage, which is questions designed to suck people a toll. When the Herald spoke to governments wouldn’t see it as frustrated by tra c . Another asks increasingly being seen in this area . into looking like they support Roe . Mark Brownell, executive o cer of a potential revenue stream, he whether they had ever experienced If built Roe will atten more It’s disgracefully biased so WA’s freight and logistics council responded ou’re putting words congestion on major roads such than 230 hectares of land, home to give em a blast I did, says Jo-Ann on Monday, he hadn’t heard of the in my mouth. as Stock and Leach and Canning endangered species including the Whalley.
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