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Such arrogance!

19/3/2020

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No place to hide: Google Earth shows the foreshore encroachment by some Grantville landowners.
By Cr Bruce Kent
 
A LOWLIGHT of the month for me was a walk along the Grantville beach with members of the foreshore committee.
 
Someone has put in a boat ramp. The tree removal is atrocious. People are cutting their own tracks so they can have a view of the water.
 
The boat ramp astounded me. The arrogance of some of our residents! Just so they can have what they believe is a better lifestyle.
 
I can tell them when the water comes through their back door they’ll realise they’ve done something wrong
PictureCr Bruce Kent
The foreshore committee is doing a fantastic job down there to try and save the foreshore. They’re getting in there and using their own equipment. What we saw was fantastic in regards to the walks they’ve built there and repaired.
 
But it is so hard to hold these members of the public responsible without catching them red handed. I ask the public to step forward.
 
If you see your neighbours doing the wrong thing, please contact the council.
 
This is an edited transcript of Cr Bruce Kent’s monthly report at Bass Coast Shire Council’s monthly meeting on Wednesday.

1 Comment
Neil Rankine
20/3/2020 02:26:30 pm

Just get in there and re-vegetate, erect a sign at the property boundary explaining the need for and value of the works. If the sign gets vandalised erect a bigger one!

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