NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION
After 164 days of continuously occupying Thompson Square, Windsor members of Community Action for Windsor Bridge tonight welcomed in 2014: the year they say should see the NSW Government reverse a bad decision and commence planning for a new bypass and bridge at Windsor, north west of Sydney.
Despite Minister for Planning, Brad Hazzard, on December 20, approving a project that will permanently destroy the historic significance of oldest town square in Australia, the mood in the Square on New Year’s Eve was buoyant. The CAWBies had gathered to celebrate the New Year and finalise plans or their first event of the new year, on Australia Day.
As CAWB Chairman, Mr Dail Miller sees it, Australia Day is the perfect day to celebrate the importance of the Square and build an action platform for the coming year. “The Government,” he says “has made a mistake. This third rate project is a waste of taxpayers’ hard earned dollars and must be replaced with a genuine transport solution. Australia Day will see the start of our 2014 campaign for a just resolution to this matter.”
Mr Miller says Minister Hazzard’s approval ignores the overwhelming evidence of the government’s own experts...evidence that demonstrates the current RMS project, whilst irrevocably damaging Thompson Square, at the same time fails to deliver genuine improvements for traffic, flooding and heritage.”
Although celebrations were uppermost in the minds of CAWBies on Tuesday night, Community Action for Windsor Bridge are already consulting their legal advisors regarding the Minister’s announcement. “And,” says Mr Miller “Australia Day is just the beginning. We are committed to fighting this destructive project for as long as it takes. Legal advice is only a small part of a far bigger program of activities and events for the coming year.
The event on January 26 will be held in Thompson Square, commencing around noon.
After 164 days of continuously occupying Thompson Square, Windsor members of Community Action for Windsor Bridge tonight welcomed in 2014: the year they say should see the NSW Government reverse a bad decision and commence planning for a new bypass and bridge at Windsor, north west of Sydney.
Despite Minister for Planning, Brad Hazzard, on December 20, approving a project that will permanently destroy the historic significance of oldest town square in Australia, the mood in the Square on New Year’s Eve was buoyant. The CAWBies had gathered to celebrate the New Year and finalise plans or their first event of the new year, on Australia Day.
As CAWB Chairman, Mr Dail Miller sees it, Australia Day is the perfect day to celebrate the importance of the Square and build an action platform for the coming year. “The Government,” he says “has made a mistake. This third rate project is a waste of taxpayers’ hard earned dollars and must be replaced with a genuine transport solution. Australia Day will see the start of our 2014 campaign for a just resolution to this matter.”
Mr Miller says Minister Hazzard’s approval ignores the overwhelming evidence of the government’s own experts...evidence that demonstrates the current RMS project, whilst irrevocably damaging Thompson Square, at the same time fails to deliver genuine improvements for traffic, flooding and heritage.”
Although celebrations were uppermost in the minds of CAWBies on Tuesday night, Community Action for Windsor Bridge are already consulting their legal advisors regarding the Minister’s announcement. “And,” says Mr Miller “Australia Day is just the beginning. We are committed to fighting this destructive project for as long as it takes. Legal advice is only a small part of a far bigger program of activities and events for the coming year.
The event on January 26 will be held in Thompson Square, commencing around noon.
