Height restriction fight a big pretense
Height restriction fight a big pretense
Once again the hypocrisy of Yarra Council is demonstrated - how can councillors complain about the lack of height limits when they lose a case at VCAT ("Hunkering down for the high-rise fight", TMT, September 10), when they have spent the last four years refusing to put height limits in?
Residents have been asking them to do exactly that for years, and they keep on saying that it isn't a priority. As recently as the March 2008 Yarra Council meeting I asked when structure plans (which can include height limits) for Bridge Road and Swan Street would be done - and the answer was the council would "start" looking into it in 2010!
Height limits are clearly not a priority for the current Yarra councillors, and no amount of pretending before the November election will make up for the years of inaction.
Ian Quick / Candidate for Melba ward, Yarra City Council
