News archive for May, 2010

May 25, 2010

Road Tunnels – Leader article

We also draw your attention to an article in the Melbourne Leader indicating that the status of the East-West tunnel link between the eastern freeway and Footscray is not dead as the Government had led us to believe, but is the Stage 2 follow-on for the currently being planned Westlink project proposed to link West Footscray under the Maribyrnong River …

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46 Villiers Street, North Melbourne

The Committee would like to draw the members attention to a planning application for 46 Villiers Street North Melbourne for an eight storey development of 15 apartments with a 100% waiver of car-parking requirements, on a very small site. Note that this is alongside an A-graded heritage residence. There appears to be a pattern of over-development in this application and …

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LaTrobe Close Meeting

Meeting of NWMA and LaTrobe Close Collective to discuss future action re LaTrobe Close.  The meeting is to be held at BRISK, 364-366 Victoria Street North Melbourne at 6 pm on Thursday 27th May 2010.…

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May 7, 2010

La Trobe Close cartoon

198 units at 210 Chetwynd St: too dense
State Labour is doing a Windsor Hotel and Federal Labour is not listening, not even to Council!

Have look at the cartoon to the right.  Click on cartoon to expand your view.…

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