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Protect Our Heritage mission is to inform the local community that their local council, City of Whittlesea, strategic planners have pre-planned but the State Government and VicRoads are failing to deliver our communities overall transport infrastructure and therefore failing to address the needs of current local residents and businesses which will also support or growing future residents and businesses.
Local Thomastown, Mill Park , Lalor, Epping, Wollert and Woodstock residents united!
 
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It has been voiced by our new government planning Minister Mathew Guy that he will stand by his pre-election promise at a recent local event. Therefore Protect Our Heritage Inc committee
unanimously
voted to send the below email to our local council and see the lifting of
acquisitions
over landowners.
16th September 2011
Mayor Rex Griffin and councillors
The committee and members of Protect Our Heritage commend all councillors at the City of Whittlesea for your excellent work thus far in attempting to have the E6 freeway proposal removed and therefore removing the public acquisition overlays placed on landowners north of Findon road.
We acknowledge your great work so far with meetings with Planning Minister Matthew Guy and future meetings with both Minister Guy and Minister Mulder on this issue. We look forward to a positive result in the near future.
Protect Our Heritage stand united with Council on this emotional issue and would be more than pleased for these unnecessary overlays removed from land in the hope that locals can rest comfortably with the fact that their land no longer bears a needless acquisition overlay.
We support council with the original plan for an E6 arterial road terminating at Bridge Inn Road and are pleased that council remain on a firm course of action to readdress this situation.
Yours in appreciation
Protect Our Heritage inc.
29th July 2010 unfortunately for all community residents & City Of Whittlesea Councillors who stood united to Say No to the proposed E6 transport corridor which is now included within Planning Scheme Amendment VC68, was passed in the Parliament yesterday against opposition leaders request that it be excluded.
This means that all property owners where the E6 transport proposal is pencilled in to be now have an overlay upon their properties. That is every property owner between Beveridge to the point of entry on the Western Ring Rd.
It now stand that a freeway wall of division will divide our community residents and a concern that the transport corridor will not be FREE and create further financial burden on locals to use and therefore mostly used by traffic going through than service local community needs.
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU
Still we are waiting to hear if commonsense will prevail and the proposed E6 be excluded form the VC67. In June sitting of parliament it was proposed by the opposition party that it be excluded and it was acknowledged that legal advice would have to be investigated and an outcome will be made at the next sitting which is scheduled mid July.
OMR/E6 Transport Corridor: PROJECT UPDATE
Please note that the webpage: www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/omr has been updated to reflect the latest status on the planning process, including Amendment VC 67 which is before Parliament for ratification.
23rd March 2010 Brumby gets deal on $2bn fringe tax although on the 24th February 2010 the GAIC TAX was voted down in parliament and as the government planning minister linked the UGB and the E6 transport together they are all currently STOPPED however we are concerned that this may be only temporarily if the government was reallected later this year in November.
Housing 36 million , Insight - SBS, 2nd March 2010 Includes an interview with Planning Minister Justin Madden. In part 3 he refers to the GAIC as a way to "recoup developer revenue" and states that he is confident that the GAIC tax will get through the upper house with a "bit of work".
15/12/2009 Star News Reports: Local residents 'Still Waiting' read article
OMR/E6 Transport Corridor PROJECT UPDATE 16/11/09
The Minister for Planning is now seeking Parliamentary ratification for Amendment VC 55. Subject to Parliament's approval of the Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution legislation it will then come into operation.
(Therefore if the GAIC tax is not passed in Parliament the OMR/E6 corridor project will aslo not be passed in Parliament)
(read 'What is wrong with the proposed GAIC tax')
If you say NO to the E6 it is important to send emails and participate where you can and make your voices heard and show your signs.
12/11/09 Labour MP Speech by Kelvin Thomson MHR 14 Point Plan on Population Reform:
There is an alternative to runaway population (read speech)
22/09/09 Whittlesea Leader reports:
Justin Madden MP backflip on UGB offer to residents to be exempt.
Danielle Green MP would like the government to consider the proposed E6 freeway/transport corridor retain as an Arterial Rd but Tim Pallas MP says Freeway proposal stands till 2020.
19/09/09 Transport Minister Mr Tim Pallas would like to introduce yet another tax that wil be hidden but flow onto families but will help cover the cost of the NEW Transport Corridors which include the current E6 proposal.
We would like to help the government save taxpayers money and save more money for ALL Families throughout Victoria.
Ever wondered how many taxes we as hard working citizens we now endure?
Greg has written a poem and listed all he is currently aware of. read poem and list
16/09/09
Transport Minister Mr Tim Pallas states:E6 will save time. Those who fail to plan, plan to fail!
Whittlesea Leader... read the article and our response: Who is failing who?
At a local business meeting a few years ago it was mentioned that State Government and VicRoads Authority unfortunately wait for a crisis, which is heavy road congestion and/or unfortunately fatalities, before pre-planned roads are constructed. WHY? This causes great stress and unnecessary waiste of time and finance eg: vehicle fuel on local community residents and businesses!
We understand the frustration many local resident commuters are experiencing and therefore some feel a freeway may be the answer: read Whittlesea Leader 'have your say 16-09-09'
Please Note the editors comment: E6 always been planned to be an Arterial Rd not a Freeway.
4/09/2009 City Of Whittlesea Strategic Planners insight into land required. read email
2/09/2009 More homes saved but not so for some local resident and landowners. read report
Hansard report responding to community people wishing to inform Justin Madden that they do not want to be involved in UGB.
26/08/09 Just because the Government alters the course STILL does not alter our UNITED COMMUNITIES VOICES that this Freeway/Transport Corridor is NOT necessary and a WAISTE of TAXPAYERS MONEY.
PROTECT OUR HERITAGE RESPONSE TO MINISTER TIM PALLAS New Proposal
STATE GOVERNMENT MEDIA RELEASE -Changes to OMR/E6 Transport Corridor proposed
The State Government new detour!
25/08/09 View NEW alternative options
*Epping Derby Drive to Lehmanns Rd
*Wollert Woodstock Grants Rd to Lehmanns Rd
*Mickleham Donnybrook Rd to Hume Freeway
Round Two Submissions were due by 21/09/09
Information session dates
Danielle Green MP sends community residents a mixed message via mail??
1/09/09 We as residents are sent letter that state a 6 lane Freeway/transport corridor and while attending VIC Roads information evenings etc recieve a mixed message stating:
FIRST an Arterial Rd but what is SECOND? Maybe attending public meetings the labour government might hear the load and clear united stand of SAY NO as not needed and a waist of TAXPAYERS MONEY (which is our money!)
To the Legislative Council of Victoria
The Petition of certain citizen's of the State of Victoria draws to the attention of the Legislative Council the concerns of the local community that the proposed growth areas infrastructure/E6 Freeway is not required as there are other road alternatives to support this growth area.
Your petitioners therefore requires that the State Government immediately withdraw the proposal in the correct forms and consult further with the landowners and communities to create a fairer outcome.
(You can help us by printing a petition form and return it to us signed)
Whittlesea Council to raise E6 road plan questions (Whittlesea Leader Article)
Media Contact Representative: Wendy Campbell
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