Yes, it’s another one! There is a proposal adjacent to Billinudgel Nature Reserve, on the canal at 25 Hardy Ave, which threatens to set the future for buildings to be higher than the limit of 9.25m.
Is this to be the new look for our canal? And the reality of living in this neighbourhood? Not to mention the accompanying environmental destruction that comes with the additional three granny flats and two extra houses to add to the existing one, with the loss of 14 trees.
Works and their environmental impacts had already begun before its approval and Council have been notified and confirmed the owner to be in breach of council’s regulations and are taking action.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
