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In regards to the lost West Byron court case I understand that Council adopted a legal position to concede contentious points in the DA regarding flooding, drainage, sewer, traffic etc. on the advice of independent expert witnesses.

I would like one of those expert witnesses to explain to me how it is okay to import approximately 600,000 tonnes of fill onto a floodplain next to a highly sensitive wetland.

Just to make this clear: that is approximately 80,000 truckloads of fill. Assuming there is a truck going in every ten minutes, five days a week, excluding holidays, that equates to eight years of infilling of West Byron.

And that alone that is sheer madness.

Tom Vidal, Byron Bay

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  1. Just look at how the ” Locals DA ” its going to be much worse than the Villa World version , one of the landowners of the Locals DA , is running a number or businesses in this town , the business they operate in the industrial estate will flood when west byron is built , as there will be nowhere for the floodwater to go,

    complete und utter lunacy , Greed and ignorance in this time of climate uncertainty,

    Anyone one who has anything to do with west byron , from land owners , council and real estate agents will give themselves unlimited Bad Karma for a lifetime …………………………………

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