Byron Shire Council and the state government will not be asking the Byron Shire community for feedback on the proposed Byron transport hub within the disused rail corridor. And here's why.

The Byron Bay Residents’ Group called three times for the opportunity to discuss the proposed transport hub and interchange but claim they were actively refused the opportunity to contribute.

The Byron Shire community are once again having to demand their right to community consultation. Locals are calling a public meeting today at 5pm at The Rails to seek a review of the proposed facility and its location.

Who is in charge of the proposed Byron bus interchange project – councillors and the town’s masterplan group or Council staff and state government bureaucrats?

Transport for NSW have declined to provide any details on the recent announcement of a proposed Byron bus station within the rail corridor and proposed Butler Street bypass. Local residents say they have not been consulted about the plans announced by MLC Ben Franklin (Nationals) last week.

Outgoing Byron Shire Council general manager Ken Gainger says that a number of claims made by resident Paul Jones regarding plans for Butler Street Reserve were ‘grossly inaccurate.’

Greens Ballina MP Tamara Smith claims there has been a ‘lack of public consultation' regarding state government plans to place a bus interchange at the site of the Byron markets.

Byron market stallholders are up in arms over what they say is a lack of engagement or articulated plans for Butler Street Reserve after Byron Shire Council announced – on behalf of the state government – that a bus interchange will be built on the location.