City being 'bullied' Over Harold Park (Inner West Courier)

LEICHHARDT Mayor Jamie Parker has accused the City of Sydney of allowing itself to be bullied by the State Government about the future of Harold Park, claiming there was "widespread discontent" over the city council's planning controls for the site.

He said the council was rushing to exhibit its recently released planning controls despite there being no comprehensive traffic modelling on the plans, and opposition to the allowable heights of some buildings on the site.

At last Monday night's Sydney Council meeting only Greens councillors Chris Harris and Irene Doutney voted against the plans which, if agreed to by the NSW Harness Racing Club, would see 1200 apartments built on the site in towers of up to eight storeys high. The plans also require 35 per cent of the site to be converted into public open space.

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In 2020, we won the campaign for a Glebe ferry. Now, we have the opportunity to connect more of our area to the ferry network. New ferries at Annandale and West Balmain will provide a faster, smarter route into the city without adding to the traffic on our roads.

Both Labor and the Liberals want to build more polluting and destructive tollways across Sydney. But we have costed a comprehensive plan for a world-class public transport system that makes getting around our city fast and easy.

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New inner west ferry services would provide efficient, fast and environmentally sound travel to and from the area for workers, tourists, students, pensioners and the general public.

I therefore ask that the Government build on the success of the Blackwattle Bay ferry and establish a ferry service at Rozelle Bay for the Annandale area and reinstate the ferry at West Balmain.

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