Environment
Ralphs Bay vision revealed
Sue Neales Mercury
Save Ralphs Bay acting president Jane Macdonald said the key issue was that Walker Corporation was trying to build a giant housing estate in the middle of a publicly owned bay which was a conservation area and important habitat for migratory water birds. “We were told right from the start that these people always put up something outrageous — like 800 homes — as an ambit claim and then pretend they are listening to community concerns when they water it down to what they really wanted all along,” Ms Macdonald said. “What we are seeing here is Walker Corporation showing a breathtaking inability to understand our fundamental objections and using architectural drawings and spin to confuse the more naive people in our community that they are compromising.” Ms Morris said most of the concerns and questions from the general public had focused on how the development would look, how it would be constructed, how the canals would flush and the impact on traffic, public access and local views. Read more here