Corridor carnage
IT IS curious that a public outcry and protest prevented the removal of two non-native trees on Anzac Avenue to allow for badly needed safety improvements but the annihilation of 100s of mature Wandoo, Jarrah and Marri trees at Jingaling Brook has caused hardly a murmur of objection.
Main Roads want to continue this destruction with a further 55ha of native woodland destined for the bulldozers and mulchers.
The mantra we hear from them, that is, the justification for this $100,000,000 27km project is road safety but they also tell us Toodyay Road has been identified as ‘strategic transport corridor’.
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