A flyover would dominate the view from St Mark's School - With thanks to Wellington Scoop — A flyover would dominate the view from St Mark’s School – With thanks to Wellington Scoop

The NZTA wriggled and struggled and fought, but eventually they had to bow to the will of Board on Inquiry Chair Judge Whiting and produce visual mockups of what a flyover would look like imposed on Mt Victoria and the Basin Reserve area.

Of course, being the NZTA, they prettified the images as much as they could, expecting us to believe that a flyover would come magically surrounded by fully-grown trees. But even so, the results aren’t pretty, as a new article on Welington Scoop clearly shows: http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=62368

This article contrasts before and after views of Mt Victoria with and without the proposed flyover. It shows how the flyover will cut across Wellington both physically and visually, severing communities and destroying iconic views. And for what? For nothing more than a monument to NZTA”s and the Government’s outdated transport thinking in an era when vehicle use is declining.

Let’s work together to stop this grey monstrosity being foisted on Wellington. You can:

Contact us at stoptheflyover@gmail.com to learn more.
Donate to help our legal and publicity campaigns.
Buy a Save the Basin T-shirt.

The following is an excerpt written by Grant Robertson for the November 2013 edition of the Mt Victoria Newsletter.

Basin flyover not a done deal

Residents in Mt Cook, Mt Victoria, Newtown and the whole Wellington area are justifiably concerned about the Basin Reserve flyover. The final decision to build a flyover at the Basin Reserve is currently with the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), but the government and New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) seem determined to pursue spending $90 million despite 83% of submitters opposing it.

Both Annette King, MP for Rongotai, and I oppose the Basin flyover. It is a bad idea and not an answer to the frustration some people feel about traffic congestion at this one location in Wellington.

NZTA appears to be following the instructions of the government that has no smart solutions for improving the way people and freight move around New Zealand.

The EPA is requiring that anyone who submitted attend meetings with the NZTA to “resolve concerns”, even if they noted in their submission that they don’t wish to be heard in person. The significance of these meetings on the final decision is unknown because they have never before happened in a Board of Inquiry process.

The Board of Inquiry will begin the hearings on 22 January* and the decision is due by May 2014. Labour has promised that we will do whatever we can to stop the flyover, and support a transportation system within and around Wellington that is efficient, promotes public transport, and helps protect our environment.

My electorate office telephone is 801 8079 and I am always happy to hear your comments on this or any other issue affecting the Mt Victoria community.

*The Board of Inquiry’s latest indicative timetable shows the hearings beginning on Monday 27 January.

When William Shakespeare wrote the lines above, he was thinking of a certain unpopular Scottish king rather than NZTA (and to be fair, it was actually me who wrote the bit about NZTA).

But Wellington is a very windy place. We were reminded of that on Monday this week, when gusts of up to 140kmh rendered various Wellington streets unsafe. As usual, the wind speeds near the Basin Reserve were particularly high – in a strong north-westerly, Kent and Cambridge Terraces appear to act as wind tunnels, funnelling air towards the Basin Reserve.

And guess what NZTA want to build right in the path of such winds, and the less frequent but often equally vicious southerlies? A 9 metre high flyover, plus walkway/cycleway. 9 metres is a long way to fall.

NZTA’s own Basin “Bridge” proposal documents already admit that high winds will be a problem for the proposed flyover, as reported in this Dominion Post story:

A resource consent application for the proposed $90 million Basin Bridge, which was referred to a board of inquiry last week, states wind gusts in the middle of the bridge could be “extremely high”, at more than 25 metres a second, which NZTA confirmed amounted to 90kmh.

“The orientation of the bridge to the prevailing winds means that pedestrians and cyclists will be exposed to wind flows from the side, for which they are less prepared,” the consent says.

There is also risk to high-sided vehicles, such as lightly loaded trucks, and to motorcyclists when winds hit more than 90kmh: “Effects can range from causing tracking variations to complete overturning.”

Note that NZTA says the danger starts at winds of 90kmh – yet the wind reached speeds of 140kmh in Wellington in Monday’s storm, and similar speeds have been experienced in other recent storms. Wind gusts above 90kmh are by now means uncommon in Wellington.

The news gets worse for NZTA: Both the frequency and the strength of extreme wind events are expected to increase over the proposed project lifetime as a result of climate change (see, for example, http://www.niwa.co.nz/our-science/climate/information-and-resources/clivar/scenarios#regional). So the danger to drivers, passengers, walkers and cyclists will only get worse.

And what does NZTA propose to do about this serious and growing problem? Well, er … they plan to put up warning signs. Yep, that’s pretty much it.

The disconnect between the seriousness of the problem and the triviality of the response would be laughable if it were not for the fact that lives would be at stake if the flyover goes ahead. A wind of change needs to blow through NZTA: a strong wind, and soon.

We’ve just received word that one of the members of the Basin “Bridge” Board of Inquiry has resigned. Here is the official statement from the Board’s website:

“Mrs Christine Foster has given consideration to the objections raised alleging conflict of interest. Mrs Foster has, in the interests of the Board and process, offered her resignation to the Minister for the Environment. The Minister has accepted the resignation. The Board has decided to ask the EPA to seek the Minister’s consideration of appointing a replacement Board member.”

This is the Board’s Memorandum on the issue (PDF):

http://www.epa.govt.nz/Publications/Memorandum_No.09_-_Resignation_of_Mrs_Foster.pdf

It appears that all is not plain sailing for this particular Board of Inquiry.

UPDATE: Wellington Scoop has more on the background to this story: http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=60466

The Board of Inquiry convened to run the hearing process on the proposed Basin Reserve flyover held a Pre-Hearing Conference on Wednesday 25 September.

The pre-hearing conference was held in the unlikely surroundings of the Mercure Hotel at the top end of the Terrace – a venue which is up a hill, unsheltered, and has no public transport access and little parking. We hope the hearing itself will be held somewhere that has good public transport access, is central, and is on the flat.

The Pre-Hearing Conference heard submissions on a number of procedural issues. Many submitters to the Pre-Hearing Conference, including Save the Basin, argued that the proposed hearing start date of Monday 13 January was unrealistic and unfair, and argued for a start date of Monday 3 February or later.

While we didn’t get everything we wanted on this one, the Board has moved the hearing start date forward two weeks to Monday 27 January. Here is the revised indicative timetable from this point forward:

Friday 25 October: Applicant’s Evidence in Chief (EIC) lodged with EPA

Friday 13 December: Submitters evidence lodged with EPA

Monday 16 December: Expert witness conferencing begins no later than this date

Friday 10 January: Applicant’s rebuttal evidence lodged with EPA

Monday 20 January: Last day for giving notice of making representations

Monday 27 January: Hearing starts

Friday 28 February: Hearing ends

Thursday 17 April: Draft decision released

Monday 19 May: Comments on draft decision due

Friday 30 May: Final decision released

Some points to note:

The new deadline for lodging “submitters evidence” with the Board is Friday 13 December.
NZTA have been given a deadline of 10 January to lodge their rebuttal evidence.
The end date for the Board of Inquiry process has been pushed out to 30 May 2014 (as allowed for by a recent change to legislation).

Even with these changes, the timetable for these hearing processes is very tight. Several previous Boards of Inquiry have had to be extended beyond the intended nine-month period.

Save the Basin sent the following question to all candidates standing for positions on Wellington City Council, Makara-Ohariu Community Board, Tawa Community Board, Greater Wellington Regional Council and Capital and Coast District Health Board.

“Do you support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve”

The question was sent by email on Thursday 12 September and candidates were given until 5pm on Wednesday 18 September to submit their answer. Candidates who did not respond by this deadline were then given a further opportunity to respond, and the results have now been updated with these responses.

The question was worded to be a yes / no answer and the email stated that this was the format in which candidates were required to answer. For those candidates that did not answer yes / no, they were offered another opportunity to do so. For those candidates that did not feel they could answer the question in this way (after having been given another opportunity to do so), they were advised that they would be noted as having not answered the question.

Here are the results, broken down by ward / board / council.

Wellington Mayoral Candidates

NO I do not support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Celia Wade-Brown, Jack Yan.

YES I do support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Rob Goulden (note that although Mr Goulden responded “No” to our survey, he has since changed his mind to ‘Yes’ he does support the flyover as published in the Dominion Post on 2/10/13) John Morrison, Nicola Young.

Did not answer the question: Karunanidhi Muthu.

Lambton Ward Candidates

NO I do not support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Milton Hollard, Iona Pannett, Mark Peck, Steve Preston, Mark Wilson, John Woolf.

YES I do support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Rex Nicholls, Nicola Young.

Did not answer the question: Michael Appleby, John Dow, Jennifer Steven.

Eastern Ward Candidates

NO I do not support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Rob Goulden, Va’ai Va’a Potoi.

YES I do support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: John Coleman, Peter Kennedy.

Did not answer the question: Ray Ahipene-Mercer, Sarah Free, Leonie Gill, Graham McCready, Simon Marsh, Karunanidhi Muthu.

Southern Ward Candidates

NO I do not support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Paul Eagle, David Lee, Will Moore, Bryan Pepperell, Brent Pierson.

YES I do support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: No candidates.

Did not answer the question: Don McDonald, Ginette McDonald.

Onslow-Western Ward Candidates

NO I do not support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Malcolm Aitken, Sridhar Ekambaram, Hayley Robinson, Martin Wilson.

YES I do support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Jo Coughlan.

Did not answer the question: Dan Coffey, Andy Foster, Gill Holmes, Phil Howison, Arie Ketel, Emma MacRae, Simon Woolf.

Northern Ward Candidates

NO I do not support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Peter Gilberd, Justin Lester, Helene Ritchie.

YES I do support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: No candidates.

Did not answer the question: Reagan Cutting, Malcolm Sparrow, Jacob Toner.

Makara-Ohariu Community Board Candidates

NO I do not support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: No candidates.

YES I do support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: No candidates.

Did not answer the question: Murray Burden, Christine Grace, Judy Liddell, Wayne Rudd, Margie Scotts, Hamish Todd.

Tawa Community Board Candidates

NO I do not support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: No candidates.

YES I do support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Richard Herbert.

Did not answer the question: Sally Dunbar, Graeme Hansen, Margaret Lucas, Jack Marshall, Alistair Sutton, Robert Tredger.

Greater Wellington Regional Council Candidates

NO I do not support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Paul Bruce, David Ogden, Sue Kedgley, Ariana Paretutanganui-Tamati, Daran Ponter.

YES I do support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Barbara Donaldson, Ken Laban, Chris Turver, Fran Wilde.

Did not answer the question: Jenny Brash, Nigel Wilson, Mike Fleming, Chris Laidlaw, Judith Aitken, Sandra Greig, John Terris, Prue Lamason, Paul Swain, Gary McPhee, Andrew Stewart, John Dalziell.

Capital and Coast District Health Board Candidates

NO I do not support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Camilia Chin, Sue Kedgley, Helene Ritchie, Tony Simpson.

YES I do support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Nick Leggett.

Did not answer the question: Judith Aitken, Grant Brookes, Marianne Bishop, David Carter, David Choat, Allie Crombie, Sally Dunbar, Russell Franklin, John Hayes, Virginia Hope, Keith Johnson, Chris Laidlaw, Chris Lipscombe, Ian Murphy, Kiri Rikihana, David Talbot, Megan Williams, Nigel Wilson.

STOP PRESS: Submissions have just closed – and we’ve had one submitter who submitted by email contact us to say that they haven’t received any response to their submission. We suggest that, if you don’t get a reply to your submission, you send a followup email to basinbridge@epa.govt.nz asking whether your submission has been received, and cc it to the Friend of the Submitter, Mark St Clair, m.stclair@hyc.co.nz

Your submission should be acknowledged! If you haven’t had a satsifactory response to your followup enquiry after a couple of working days, please contact stoptheflyover@gmail.com with “Submission Not Acknowledged” in the subject line, and we’ll follow this up for you.

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This is it, folks: submissions on the proposed Basin Reserve flyover (“Basin Bridge”) close today at 5pm. Don’t leave it until the very last minute to submit.

The online submission form is on this page: http://www.epa.govt.nz/Resource-management/Basin_Bridge/Pages/Basin_Bridge.aspx

Remember that it times out after an hour.

Save the Basin’s Submission Guide is here: http://savethebasin.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/24/submission-guide-proposed-basin-bridge-flyover/

And please remember to:

Submit
Cover all the topic areas you have concerns about in your submission. If you don’t mention it now, you can’t add it in later
Ask to appear in front of the hearing
Ask to appear separately, not jointly
Ask your friends and family members to submit
Submit well before the deadline of 5pm.

Good luck, and many thanks to all those who have already submitted!

Note: For formal purposes , the flyover proposal is called the “Basin Bridge Proposal”.

This guide has been developed by the Save the Basin campaign to assist people in making a written submission to the Board of Inquiry that has been established by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to hear the NZTA’s resource consent application for a ‘Basin Bridge’. The Guide is divided into Part One – the process of making a submission – and Part Two, which gives you some pointers on what you might want to cover in your submission.

The Guide is below, but you can also download it as a PDF file:

Submission Guide: Proposed Basin Bridge (Flyover) (PDF, 184 KB)

STOP PRESS

Three things we’ve recently learned that aren’t in the Submission Guide, and one further suggestion:

1) You don’t need to be 18 or over to submit – there is no minimum age limit. So school-age children can submit – and they should, especially if they live or study in the vicinity of the proposed flyover.
2) You don’t have to be living in New Zealand to submit.
3) The EPA has released its draft schedule for the Board of Inquiry process – and it shows the hearings starting on Monday 13 January, when many people are still on holiday. If you feel this is unfairly early, tell the EPA so in your submission, and urge them to start the hearings later. The draft schedule is on p24 of this EPA Inquiry Procedures document.
4) In the online submission form, when you ask to appear, you are given the option of going in with other submitters making similar points. We suggest that you ask to appear separately.

PART ONE – THE PROCESS

Here are the main points about the submissions process:

The deadline for submissions is 5pm on Friday 6 September 2013.
Submissions can be made online, by email, by fax, by post or by delivering in person. Details of these options are contained in the Information Sheet.
Whichever method you use, if your submission is in electronic form, please send a copy to Save the Basin: stoptheflyover@gmail.com
The subject line of your submission email is required to read “Submission [your name], Basin Bridge Proposal”
In your submission, you are required to:
– give your full name and contact details
– say whether you are a trade competitor of the applicant (NZTA) – presumably you aren’t!
– state which parts of the application your submission relates to
– state your position on the proposal
– say what decision you would like the Board to make
– say whether or not you would like to speak at the Board hearing
If your submission does not meet these requirements, it should not be rejected. The EPA should contact you to clarify these points. However, best to get it right first time.
You are allowed to send additions to your submission, or a replacement submission, up until the closing date for submissions

Note: All details can be found on the Environmental Protection Authority’s Information for Submitters):

Save the Basin is encouraging submitters to:

Say you are completely opposed to the proposed flyover
Cover the reasons you are opposed to the flyover, and all the topic areas you wish to bring to the Board’s attention, in your written submission – if you don’t mention a topic in this submission, you can’t introduce it in your subsequent written or oral evidence
Your submission doesn’t have to be complicated. It can simply state how you will be affected by the proposed flyover, and what your personal reasons are for opposing it.
Ask to speak at the hearing, and say that you want to present your submission as an individual. (It’s OK if you find out later you can’t appear and it’s also possible for you to arrange someone else to appear on your behalf). If you do ask to appear in person, you can prepare additional evidence – but it can only expand on the areas you discussed in your original submission, not cover new areas.
We have been told that people who don’t initially say they want to speak at the hearing can subsequently change their mind and ask to appear, up to the start of the Board hearing. Our advice is: don’t rely on this: say in your initial submission that you want to appear.

Why are we asking submitters to say they want to appear in front of a Board of Inquiry?

A Board of Inquiry with only a few submitters appearing will be a fast Board of Inquiry. We believe the Board of Inquiry should consider the proposed Basin flyover at the length and with the seriousness it deserves.
Appearing in front of the Board gives you more time to prepare your detailed evidence – to elaborate on the topics you made in your original submission. If you don’t raise a topic in your initial submission, then you can’t address it later in written and/or oral evidence you present to the Board.
This Board of Inquiry is, when it comes right down to it, a political rather than a legal process. It’s your chance to be part of a broad community movement that tells the politicians that opposition to the proposed flyover is widespread, dedicated and determined.

How scary is it to appear before a Board of Inquiry?

Not very scary! You’re not on trial – NZTA’s proposal is. The Board is a lot less formal than a court room. You don’t have to do it alone. You can bring a support person. Save the Basin will endeavour to have someone at the hearing at all times.

If you find later that you aren’t available or can’t face the Board you can always pull out, or get someone else to appear on your behalf (see below).

Other points about appearing before the Board

At the time of writing, there remains a risk that the Board will decide to hold the hearing over December and January, when large numbers of people would be unavailable to appear. In your submission, please ask the Board not to start meeting until the final week of January at the earliest, and point out the unfairness of a hearing that starts in December or early January.
You can ask to appear in your initial submission, and then subsequently arrange for someone else to present evidence on your behalf. As long as you make sure that that person is familiar with your evidence, there’s no disadvantage in doing this.
Appearing before the Board can open up other options, such as taking part in the ‘conferencing’ process or cross-examining NZTA experts. If you’d like to know more about these options, please get in touch: email stoptheflyover@gmail.com

PART TWO – IDEAS TO HELP YOU MAKE A SUBMISSION

Set out below are some key headings and bullet points that may give you some ideas on what to say in your own words why you are against the flyover. Please note that we do not want lots of identically-worded submissions – these points are meant only as a guide. But you should make sure to include each topic area that concerns you in your submission, so that you can return to it in later evidence to the Board if you wish.

The Personal Touch

If you live, work or travel through the area (or if your children attend a local school) – talk about how the proposal affects you, your family and your neighbourhood.

For Cricket Fans and Players

The Basin Reserve is regarded as one of the great cricket grounds of the world and the proposed flyover denigrates the history and heritage of the venue.
The proposed flyover would dominate and spoil the northern skyline of the iconic Basin Reserve.
The proposed mitigation feature – a new pavilion – is just a glorified wall with no seating for general spectators. It may shield players from a direct view of the flyover, but it will not shield spectators.
The net effect of this proposal will be to make the Basin worse for cricketers, spectators and the general public.

Urban Design and Heritage

The proposed flyover will be an unsightly monstrosity that will be visible from a distance and from many places around the Basin.
It’s a very ugly concrete structure and will ruin an iconic streetscape.
It’s inappropriate and disrespectful to propose to have such an unsightly concrete structure next to the new War Memorial Park.
The tranquillity of the new Memorial Park would be ruined by the roar of a large flyover next to it.
What we need is a 21^st Century Capital that is people-centred, people-friendly and not car-centred. The proposed flyover would be a major backwards step.
The proposed flyover divides the city, creating a concrete barrier from north to south.
Many visitors and tourists to NZ want to see an attractive city, not a sprawling concrete wilderness.
The Basin Reserve is a registered historic site and a recreation ground to be preserved for ever for the people of Wellington, that will be ruined forever; the green space on Kent and Cambridge Terrace is part of the Town Belt and legally no thoroughfare is allowed to be made across it.

Environment, Safety and Health

The proposed flyover will be noisy and will spread pollution due to its height above the street.
The NZTA’s own resource application shows the proposed flyover could present a real danger to pedestrians, cyclists and some vehicles in high winds – with no means of escape if they’re caught on the central section of the flyover.
We are concerned about the safety of the proposed flyover to cyclists, pedestrians and vehicles in the event of a major earthquake event.
Especially concerned about the public health impacts of a raised road that will spread particulates that are known to cause serious health conditions.
Concerned about the effects on the 4000 school children and their teachers who study and work at schools in the area. Many would either pass through the area twice daily or spend many hours a day close to the flyover.
The proposed flyover will generate a lot of noise from a steeply inclined road (particularly trucks travelling up and down the road) – along with vibration, dust and pollution.
Construction of the proposed flyover will generate high levels of noise, dust and vibration.

Transport

The proposed flyover won’t solve issues around peak-hour traffic congestion; it’ll merely move the issue further along the road.
Vehicle traffic has been declining in recent years, so a flyover is not needed.
Traffic flow could be improved and a lot of money saved by small changes to lane layout, priority lanes and traffic light phasing.
The proposed flyover goes against the development of public transport and sustainable transport issues for Wellington.
In progressive cities elsewhere, flyovers are being demolished not built. Why is Wellington being stuck with a 1960s approach to traffic management?

For more ideas on what to say in a submission you might want to go to:

The Save the Basin presentation from our public meeting on 3 August (PDF, 1.5MB) that is now available on our website. (Or just see savethebasin.org.nz)

Environmental Protection Authority – Friend of the Submitter

You can find information about this and the Friend of the Submitter sessions on the EPA website.

Some News Media Stories:

Dominion Post: Wind Gusts Pose Potential Hazard On Flyover

Wellington Scoop: Richard Reid – Why One Basin Flyover Will Be Followed By A Second Flyover

Wellington Scoop: Packed Theatre Hears Richard Reid Warn Of “Irrevocable Damage” From Second Flyover

KEY POINTS

Make a written submission by 5pm on Friday 6 September 2013
Cover all the topic areas you are concerned about, at least briefly
If at all possible, ask to speak at the Board hearing
Keep in touch with Save the Basin to find out the latest

In recent posts we have highlighted the importance of campaign supporters making their own voices heard in the upcoming Board of Inquiry. The Save the Basin Campaign will be making a submission, but it is also important that campaign supporters make their own submissions to express their opposition to the Flyover.

To assist campaign supporters in preparing their submissions, we are running a submissions workshop:

When – 2 PM Sunday 25 August 2013
Where – New Crossways, Level 1, 6 Roxburgh St
Duration – up to 2 hours

The workshop will:

Provide an overview of the Flyover proposal and why we believe it should be opposed
Answer your questions about the Flyover proposal, or advise you on how your questions could be answered
Provide material on reasons for opposing the Flyover
Provide an opportunity to discuss and clarify your reasons for opposing the Flyover
Provide information and answer your questions on how best to capture your views in your submission
Answer your questions about the Board of Inquiry (BOI) process – timelines; role of the BOI; role of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); appearing at the hearing and what you can expect to happen.
Provide advice on how to write good submissions

The Friend of Submitter (Mark St Clair) will attend the workshop to provide advice. Some of you might have been planning to attend one or some of the other “drop in” sessions already arranged by the Friend of Submitter – and you might still choose to do that. Our workshop will provide you with a similar opportunity to receive advice direct from the Friend of Submitter, but it will also go well beyond what the Friend of Submitter can do as it will also provide an opportunity to discuss and receive advice on what you actually put in your submission in opposition to the Flyover. That is something the Friend of Submitter is not able to do**.

We hope to see as many of you as possible at the Workshop. If you cannot make the Workshop but still need advice or help with your submission, please contact us at stoptheflyover@gmail.com and we will provide as much help as we are able to.

** The Friend of Submitter is appointed by the EPA but is otherwise independent of the EPA. The EPA explains the role of the Friend of Submitter as follows: The Friend of Submitter is able to help with information on the board of inquiry process, making a submission, how to capture your views in your submission, and what steps you will need to take after your submission is lodged. The Friend of Submitter cannot advise you on whether to make a submission or what to include in it.

The closing date for submissions on the proposed Basin flyover is 5pm on Friday 6 September. We’ve explained how to make a submission, and stressed the crucial importance of saying that you want to appear in person before the Board.

But what should you say in your submission? That’s up to you – a whole lot of identical submissions is the last thing we’re looking for – but here’s a presentation that can help give you ideas:

Save the Basin Flyover Presentation (August 2013) (PDF, 1.5 MB).

It’s based on the presentation given at our very successful public meeting on Saturday 3 August, and it’s full of very good reasons why a Basin Reserve flyover should not proceed.

We’re aiming to have a full Submission Guide on the site and distributed to our supporters by this time next week. But don’t feel you need to wait for that before you get cracking on your submission!

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PART ONE – THE PROCESS

PART TWO – IDEAS TO HELP YOU MAKE A SUBMISSION

KEY POINTS

This Sunday, 2pm: Save the Basin Workshop on Basin Flyover Submissions

Save the Basin Flyover Presentation – Full Of Good Submission Ideas