The City of Sydney Council Elections are to be held in September.
Wednesday 10th August is ARAG’s regular monthly meeting and once again we are teaming with REDwatch, Friends of Erskineville and Chippendale Residents’ Interest Group to host another Candidates’ Forum.
Be at the Alexandria Town Hall in Garden Street to hear the candidates speak on issues relevant to Alexandria, and to ask your questions. Be informed before you vote. Continue reading
Today, 4th August 2016 an on-site meeting of the Land and Environment Court was scheduled to hear residents’ objections in relation to the proposed seven-storey development for the beer garden of the Alexandria Hotel.
This latest tilt at windmills by the proponents aims to retain the hotel and the small beer garden on the western edge and to subdivide the land into two lots – one for the pub and the other for a seven-storey residential tower fronting Garden Street in the east, and a wider frontage to Vice Chancellors Oval to the west. Continue reading
Lord Mayor Clover Moore will be holding a public meeting to discuss WestConnex and the Central to Eveleigh Precinct, on Wednesday 27 July from 6.30pm at Alexandria Town Hall, Garden Street, Alexandria.
ARAG encourages all local residents to attend. This is the future of our suburb being discussed.
Lord Mayor’s Invitation to WestConnex and Central to Eveleigh public meeting
Jenny Leong’s office is soliciting comments from residents who will be impacted by the Baird government’s plan to reduce train services to St Peters and Erskineville Stations: http://www.jennyleong.org/train_services.
The agenda for Wednesday’s ARAG meeting (13/7) is:
1. Central to Eveleigh
Development along the rail corridor between
Central and Eveleigh stations.
Guest speaker: Matthew White, Program Director, UrbanGrowth NSW.
2. Update on Alexandria Hotel
Land and Environment Court proceedings have resumed.
There will be a ‘Mediation’ meeting between the developer, and Council,
and Residents: Aug 4, 9:30am, on-site
3. AGM.
Anyone who wishes to become more involved in the Residents Group is
encouraged to nominate to join the Executive.
Today (Monday 2/6) is the last opportunity to lodge a comment on the so-called Sydney Metro.
See our previous post for ways to object, or visit the majorprojects website.
The reason I say so-called Metro, is because this isn’t really a Metro. It has some of the features of a Metro, but not the good ones. Continue reading
Cities all over the world are converting from single deck trains to double deck trains. Why then, is Sydney going in the other direction?
Why are the Metro tunnels going to be just too small for conventional trains? Why is the Bankstown line being downgraded from double deck to single deck?
EcoTransit, the public transport advocacy group, aren’t impressed.
Submissions on the Metro close on 27 June – see our previous post on this topic.
EcoTransit have released a flyer and a pro-forma submission with more information which you may wish to draw if you are considering preparing your own submission.
This month’s meeting will be held on Wednesday 22 June, at 7pm, at Alexandria Town Hall. (Not our usual date!)
The meeting will be a Meet the Candidates for the Federal Seat of Sydney, and is being jointly organised by RedWatch, Friends of Erskineville and ARAG. Continue reading
As you probably know by now, the State Government has announced that the ‘Sydney Metro’ will have a station at Waterloo, immediately south-east of the intersection between Botany Road and Raglan Street.
The first Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the project has been released, and is available here. Continue reading
At last Monday’s City of Sydney Council meeting, Lord Mayor Clover Moore made the following statement of opposition to WestConnex:
‘I can assure the City community that the City Government I lead will do everything we can to expose and stop this destructive project.’
The Lord Mayor recommended Continue reading
