|
|
|
|
|
|
- Bushland |
Bushland
The bushland in the Upper Lane Cover Valley houses a number of flora and fauna species:
The
bushland provides amenity, recreational activity and pleasure to
thousands of Sydney residents due to its proximity to the suburbs of
Turramurra, Wahroonga, Hornsby and surrounds. Local Concern for the Bushland Through the Bushcare program there are some 500 local volunteers caring for 160 sites in the Ku-ring-gai municipality. These volunteers contribute 13,000 hours of unpaid labour each year in caring for local bushland. There are a high number of residents who regularly use the 16 walking tracks through the bushland for recreation.Link Study Implications for Local Bushland While a surface option is extremely unlikely, STEP urges that any tunnel option that would see large scale removal of bushland at tunnel entrances should be rejected by the community. Bushland needs to be preserved in reserves large enough to make species survival viable. The bushland in this area has already been significantly compromised by the construction of the M2.Aside
from the bushland removed for a link, a major road through this area
would significantly impact on drainage patterns along the valley system. State Government Planning Policy on Urban Bushland The bushland in the area local to Ku-ring-gai
and Hornsby constitutes an urban remnant of bushland of exactly the type
that State
Environment Planning Policy 19
was set up to preserve. The policy specifies that the preservation of
urban bushland is particularly important in 'locations that are readily
accessible to the community'. It also urges the retention of 'parcels
of the size and configuration which will enable the existing plants and
animal communities to survive in the long term'. |
Latest news6 May 2004 22 September 2003 1 September 2003 25 July 2003 14 February 2003 31 October 2002 |