The Hobart City Council tonight sent a clear message to the Wellington Park Management Trust (WPMT) calling on them to provide information on how the proposed amendment to the Pinnacle Specific Area furthers the vision, principles and objectives of the Management Plan for the mountain.
As landowners, the Council asked for the process to be suspended until, as landowners, they were given more information about the justification for the proposed amendment.
“ROCC fully supports the council motion,” said Mr Ted Cutlan, spokesperson for ROCC.
“The chairperson of the trust Dr Christine Mucha has repeatedly claimed that the amendment to the pinnacle is not related to any particular development and yet tonight Alderman Freeman said repeatedly that ‘we all know it is about the cable car’. Who is right?”
As the custodian of the land at the pinnacle the Council has a right and a responsibility to ask why these changes are being made.
“Clearly the feeling about the cable car within council is shifting as elections in October draw near.”
“ROCC applauds the efforts of council to limit inappropriate development at the pinnacle especially in the zone directly above the Organ Pipes”, said Mr Cutlan.
Ted Cutlan Residents Opposed to the Cable Car (ROCC)
