News archive for the ‘Public transport’ topic

October 21, 2011

Update on Proposed Woolworth’s Development

The local resident’s group RAID, Residents about Integrated Development, have organised two major meetings in their campaign to modify the proposed development for site at 101 – 117 Canning Street,  North Melbourne.

The following link gives a brief report on these meetings and outlines the eight major questions the group wished to ask the Woolworth’s representatives at the meeting:  Woolworth’s

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June 15, 2011

Structure Plan Briefings at June monthly meeting.

The Association has arranged for David Mayes and the Strategic Planning Team from the City of Melbourne to brief members and other interested residents on the contents of the two structure plans that affect our area.  These are the City North Structure Plan and the Arden Macaulay Structure Plan.  The meeting will be held at the Library at 7.30pm on …

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November 20, 2010

Meet the Candidates.

A very successful event was held in the Supper Room of the North Melbounrne Town Hall on Tuesday night.  All seven candidates were in attendance  and most questions were responded to by all.  The attendance was around 150, which was anticipated by the Association which negotiated the larger space than the upstairs meeting room.  We had the usual interjectors but …

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August 11, 2010

August and September Meetings

We confirm the earlier advice that the August monthly meeting on Tuesday, the 17th at 7.30pm, in the library, will host a Meet the Candidates for the  Federal election for the seat of Melbourne. Most of the candidates have accepted the invitation. Members are encouraged to bring neighbours and friends.

The minutes for the July Meeting will not be circulated until …

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July 30, 2010

Meet the Candidates at August Meeting

The members attending the July monthly meeeting decided to continue the tradition of holding a ‘Meet the Candidates’ for the coming Federal election. This will be held at our next monthly meeting on August 17 at 7.30pm. The event will be in the meeting room of the North Melbourne Library.

We are inviting all candidates for election to the House …

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State breaks promise on urban sprawl-PPL

Protectors of Public Lands Victoria Inc.

 

MEDIA RELEASE 29 JULY 2010

 

PLANNING CATASTOPHE FOR MELBOURNE AS VC 68 PASSES PARLIAMENT

This morning Planning Minister Madden’s revised Planning Amendment, now re-badged VC 68, was fast tracked through Parliament with the support of the coalition  – Liberals and Nationals – who had,  over the past year,  held out against inducements …

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July 27, 2010

TPM-2010-15 Zagame – Corner Roden and King through to Stanley Street.

West Melbourne has been jolted into the reality of planning politics in the twenty-first century with official support for the ten storey development on the Zagame site in King Street by both the State Government and the Melbourne City Council.  If approved, this project establishes a precedent for wholesale high rise redevelopment of West Melbourne and North Melbourne, at heights …

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July 14, 2010

Regional Rail Link community information sessions

In line with the recent announcement of major transport plans, an NWMA member (and

presumably others in Railway Place) received in the letterbox on

Monday 13 July a further update about the Regional Rail Link. Items of

interest include:

• the two new tracks between Southern Cross Station and Sunshine will

be built at surface level largely within the existing …

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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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November 27, 2009

PPL AGM Speaker Paul Mees

Members are invited to attend the PPL AGM on Saturday 5th December at 2.00 pm at the North Melbourne Library.  Further details as follows:

Dear PPL VIC members and friends

Here is the reminder notice of Protectors of Public Lands Victoria Inc. AGM 2009. I am sending this out to members and contacts.

Dr Paul Mees is the guest speaker.

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