Residents in North Coburg are crying foul at Moreland Council, as a well loved and used football oval is threatened to become a fenced synthetic field of plastic grass. All without any transparency or public consultation and engagement by Moreland Council with local residents.
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Sale of VicRoads land between McBryde street and Merri Creek Trail, Fawkner
VicRoads has declared its intention to sell vacant land linking McBryde street to the Merri Creek parkland in Fawkner.
Sustainable Fawkner strongly believes the State Government should gift this land to Moreland Council to continue to maintain this as open space, and perhaps expand the bordering native grassland reserve into this space.
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Posted in Merri Creek, Moreland City Council
Tagged Land Sale, open space, parkland, VicRoads
Fencing out the public
Montfort Park, Brunswick
The issue of open space and Montfort Park in Brunswick has been raised by the initiation of a community petition and Facebook Group. Although I live in Fawkner, I care about open space and environmental issues across the municipality. This is also a park that I used to use so there is a personal connection.
Montfort Park is at the corner of Henkel St and Wendel St in Brunswick. The park, and the old scout hall next to it, were sold to a community group by Council in 2003, but with conditions on the use of the open space land, that it’s title of Montfort Park continue and that the park and it’s facilities be developed as a basketball court or similar and remain accessible to the public.
It is now all concrete, a basketball court and open space, and surrounded by a 3 metre steel fence. Local residents argue it is seldom used and remains inaccessible for public use.
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Posted in Moreland City Council, news
Tagged Brunswick, Montfort Park, Moreland, open space, park
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