hhag newsletter 8a: Call to action
Viaduct 110 metres high and 1.9km long!!! The road on the Sydney Harbour Bridge is 50 metres above the water
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We need your help and we need it now please. The strategy confirmed at our 26th September public meeting was to seek a minimal safety upgrade of the road through the valley and redirect the balance of funds earmarked for the project to enhance rail freight capacity or more appropriate road freight routes like the Bells Line of Road.
Facilitated by the Member for the Blue Mountains Phil Koperberg our colleagues from Blackheath and Mt Victoria met with Minister Campbell on 19th October. In that meeting Minister Campbell acknowledged that the government will be watching carefully the current consultation process being undertaken by the RTA, will strongly respect community views, and are not irredeemably committed to the Mt Vic to Lithgow upgrade. This is our last chance to have our views prevail.
Our immediate need is for residents to respond to the RTA using the letter attached (in addition to any route specific response you have already given).
Please, this is important;
- Insert your name and address on the top of the letter attached.
- Sign it.
- Drop it off in the collection box at Adams Shed GWH Hartley
We will arrange to transmit your letter to the RTA with a copy to relevant pollies.
Your letter will be vitally important to demonstrate the ground swell of opinion that supports the minimal, safety only upgrade for Hartley. At the Rhododendron festival in Blackheath last Saturday thousands signed similar letters in support of our call. Mt Victoria is also promoting the strategy and we will have many of our supporters in the Central West similarly writing letters of support. As the Hartley Valley is most directly affected it is vital that we get a large volume of support in the valley. Please act now while it is fresh in your mind.
Ramsay Moodie
Chairman 8th November 2009
tel 6355 2259, 0412 283800, 99830134
