SOS Stall at Lane Cove Plaza 19th JUNE 2021 at Midday: SAVE OUR GOLF COURSE PARKLANDS

Please let me introduce myself, my name is Adrienne Cahalan AOM and I was born and live in Lane Cove. Lane Cove is unique as you know- generations of residents before us have worked tirelessly and fought to create and save our bushland, green space and wildlife for future generations which we all enjoy each day.

However, the fight is not over, our generation has to do our part to preserve what generations of Lane Cove residents have done before us. Lane Cove is beautiful, but being close to the city it is constantly under threat from over development and destruction of our green space, open space, sports fields and wildlife including the beautiful powerful owl (not in any order!).

You may be aware that Lane Cove Council have partitioned the golf course and have recently submitted a DA for a multi storey sports and recreation facility on the site at a cost of $52 Million dollars of rate payers money but at the more expensive priceless cost of our pristine golf course parklands and wildlife corridor. 84 trees to be razed to the ground and the wild like in them destroyed for a sports facility- cafe and gym of which we already have plenty which need our patronage and support.

The Council DA destroys the magnificent green corridor that is the golf course parklands which is public space, after generations have fought for it; all destroyed with the stroke of a pen.

• Once a bite is taken out of the apple- the rest of it goes brown.

• The community panel only decides on what is left after the sports facility land is carved out-not the whole parcel of parklands.

• Once the green lung is punctured, the damage can not be repaired.

Given the Council have put through the DA and submissions close 30 June, I have a stall in the plaza where residents can meet at midday on 19th June to have their say and have their voices heard.  Personally, I couldn’t stand by and watch the precious bush corridor that is the Lane Cove Golf valley be bull-dozed, the valley destroyed when an indoor sports facility can be built anywhere.

WE NEED YOU

Adrienne CAHALAN OAM

SOS (Save our Suburb) Lane Cove