- 2nd June, 2021 – Gully Revegetation at Roseberry Street – Local resident Rob Hughes has developed an excellent revegetation plan for this area. Dozens of people have participated recently in planting native trees in the area which was noted in the Greenspace Strategy developed by John Mongard and his team. The area was renamed in honour of Mr Hughes recently deceased wife, Dr Manon Griffiths, who was a champion for biodiversity.
- 2nd June, 2021 – Submission on 281-297 Montague Road – The official dates for submissions on the Development Application (DA) for 281-297 Montague Road have been nominated as 2 weeks to be completed on the 11th June, 2021. If you wish to make a submission you will find the details of the DA here. You can also find an updated version of the submission from Kurilpa Futures here.
- (Our original post on this issue: 6th March, 2021- Submission on 281-297 Montague Road – Over the last 6.5 years Kurilpa Futures has been monitoring local development applications that have been submitted to Brisbane City Council and subsequently made available through PDOnline. The most recent DA of concern to us is right next to Davies Park at 281-297 Montague Rd and our submission can be found HERE. If you’re interested in seeing the original DA you will find it at the link: https://pdonline.brisbane.qld.gov.au/MasterViewUI/Modules/ApplicationMaster/default.aspx?page=wrapper&key=A005608649 and if you share our concerns please read our submission and, maybe, use it as a basis for your own submission.)
- 27th March, 2021 – Kurilpa Futures’ Green Bridges submission – included here is the submission that Kurilpa Futures has sent to the BCC Green Bridges team. We remain concerned that the ‘push polling’ online survey on the Brisbane City Council website constrains participants to identify and support one of three preferred bridge options in the two locations, giving no opportunity to raise concerns and seek more information, nor to register a ‘no bridge’ position.
- 21st March, 2021 – Ecological impact of Tree Removal for Green Bridge Construction – There has been considerable discussion about the proposed Green Bridges to West End from Toowong and Saint Lucia. As part of our research in formulating a stand on this issue Kurilpa Futures has looked at the trees, and their ecological value, that will be removed on the Kurilpa Peninsula to allow for construction in each of the 3 options for the Toowong bridge and the 3 options for the Saint Lucia bridge.
- 17th March, 2021 – Removal of our posters In the BCC Green Bridge consultation flyers they acknowledge “Potential impacts to established green space”. One of Kurilpa Futures concerns is that doesn’t really make clear to residents what the impacts are. To promote better informed responses Kurilpa Futures estimated from BCC schematics which trees were likely to be removed, and researched what their features were including their carbon storage and CO2e equivalent. Residents have keenly engaged with this information, but unfortunately someone has taken it upon themselves to remove the posters from the trees, denying other residents access to the information. Below is an example of the information that was posted. Kurilpa Futures will arrange to have this detail posted on our web site. We also call on whoever removed the posters to put them back so that residents are more able to make informed decisions about the proposed bridges.
- 6th March, 2021- Submission on 281-297 Montague Road – Over the last 6.5 years Kurilpa Futures has been monitoring local development applications that have been submitted to Brisbane City Council and subsequently made available through PDOnline. The most recent DA of concern to us is right next to Davies Park at 281-297 Montague Rd and our submission can be found HERE. If you’re interested in seeing the original DA you will find it at the link: https://pdonline.brisbane.qld.gov.au/MasterViewUI/Modules/ApplicationMaster/default.aspx?page=wrapper&key=A005608649 and if you share our concerns please read our submission and, maybe, use it as a basis for your own submission.
KURILPA FUTURES 