Look in the Mirror - Melbourne Leader, 30/7/2008
Look in the mirror
IT is a bit rich that Yarra Mayor (Judy Morton) is complaining about the 10-storey development that VCAT approved on Bridge Rd (Melbourne Leader, July 23).
She is one of the councillors who have repeatedly refused to put height limits on either Bridge Rd or Swan St - something I have been urging Yarra council to do for the last five years.
As recently as the March 2008 Yarra Council meeting, I asked them when structure plans (which can include height limits) for Bridge Rd and Swan St would be done - and the answer was they'd start looking into it in 2010.
Every time I've asked this question over the years, the answer is always two years out from whenever I asked. I keep being told it's not a priority.
With multiple high-rise permits submitted for Bridge Rd, and the Dimmey's site on Swan St sold to a developer who plans to build a high-rise, councillors should look in the mirror to see why they don't have any chance of stopping them.
Ian Quick, SOS president and candidate for Yarra Council's Melba Ward
