Mayor backs skate park call (Inner West Courier)

The teens of Balmain spoke as one at last week’s meeting of Leichhardt Council, demanding the council build them a state-of-the-art skate park to rival the one enjoyed by skaters at Five Dock.

Led by Rohan D’Cruz, who has started a 500-member strong Facebook page calling for a skate park in Balmain, about 10 teenagers stood up to plead with councillors to give them something to grind in Balmain. “At the moment we have to trek out to Five Dock, and we are often coming back in the dark,” Rohan told the council.

Rohan has also met Leichhardt mayor Jamie Parker, who he described on Facebook as “a really positive and a really good guy”.
...
Cr Parker told the Courier he was supportive of building new facilities, but said the major challenge was finding an appropriate site for the park.

“There is a perception that skate parks can be a problem, when in fact they provide great benefit for the whole community,” he said.

read more at the Inner West Courier

Be the first to comment

Sign in with

FERRIES AT ANNANDALE AND WEST BALMAIN

Imagine hopping on a ferry at Annandale or West Balmain and being in the heart of the city within minutes.

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.

Dear Transport Minister,

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.

6,058 SIGNATURES

6,000