Legacy Way Construction Update April 2012

LEGACY WAY MARKS FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF CONSTRUCTION HERE

Community Liaison Group Meeting 11 - Wednesday 9 May 2012

Transcity Legacy Way Western Connection Community Liaison Group Meeting 11 - Wednesday 9 May 2012 - email Friends of ANZAC Park Toowong CLG Representative if you have questions or matters to raise with BCC and/or Transcity about the tunnel project:
faptoowong@gmail.com

ANZAC Day in Toowong 2012

ANZAC Day in Toowong began with the traditional Dawn Service at Toowong Memorial Park, Sylvan Road, Toowong.

QUEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS have taken some great photos of today - ANZAC day 2012 - Brisbane West, which you can view by taking this link:

http://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/west/gallery-fn8zbja6-1226337962044?page=1

Followed by another tradition of picnickers heading to ANZAC Park, Wool Street, for a  contemplative day under the trees.

'Memorial parks to remember the Anzacs'

brisbanetimes.com.au

'Memorial parks to remember the ANZACS' feature mentioning ANZAC Park, Wool Street, on the Must Do Brisbane website http://www.mustdobrisbane.com/ also in Brisbane Times!

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/about-town/memorial-parks-to-remember-the-anzacs-20120424-1xi2o.html

ANZAC DAY, Wednesday, 25 April, 2012

Please attend the ANZAC Day Dawn Service:

Toowong Memorial Park, Sylvan Road, Toowong at 6:30am
http://www.rslqld.org/

brisbane in focus war memorial parks http://www.mustdobrisbane.com/

This great website: http://www.mustdobrisbane.com/
has done a feature on war memorial parks in Brisbane just in time for ANZAC Day on Wednesday and our beautiful ANZAC Park, Wool Steet, is on the list - of course it would be!
Anzac Park Toowong

"This beautiful hilly green expanse incorporating, ponds, playgrounds and a dog exercise area was established in 1916 by local solicitor Walter Harding and as such is thought to have been the world's first official Anzac Park. Remnants of its original Avenue of Honour – a sacred row of palms and memorial trees which at the time were inscribed with metal commemorative plates - have recently been discovered, with plans now afoot to restore this important historical feature."

Watermain relocation work continues this weekend

For more information on these works please click http://www.transcityjv.com.au/water-main-relocation-toowong-update-two-april-2012

If you have any questions please contact the Transcity Community Relations Team on 1800 778 772.

mustdobrisbane.com

This is a great website for helping to getting out and about in Brisbane and surrounding areas:

http://www.mustdobrisbane.com/

ANZAC Park is mentioned:

http://www.mustdobrisbane.com/outdoors/parks/anzac_park.asp

One year on...

On 5 April 2012 it was one year since 'WE SAVED ANZAC PARK' - 5 April 2011 was the day BCC announced that they would no longer be 'pursuing' ANZAC Park as the site for the Legacy Way construction workforce car park.

We still have our much needed green space, our beautiful war memorial and heritage listed park! Enjoy and cherish ANZAC Park!

SAVE ANZAC PARK Campaign Blog http://saveanzacpark.blogspot.com.au/

Water main relocation, Toowong update two - April 2012

Transcity is undertaking work to relocate a water main located under the Western Freeway at Toowong. The water main relocation is required to enable the excavation of Legacy Way’s entrance and exit lanes.

Transcity started this activity in February and is on track for work to be complete in June 2012. With stage one complete, Transcity will begin stage two of the water main relocation from April.

Stage two involves installing the new pipe underneath the Western Freeway and the bike path at Toowong.

This work will be undertaken in two continuous weekend shifts:

• 8pm Friday 13 April to 5am Monday 16 April
• 8pm Friday 20 April to 5am Monday 23 April.

 What to expect:

• Use of lighting towers, flashing lights and white noise reversing beepers for the safety of on-site workers.
• Noise from the use of heavy machinery and equipment.
• Realignment of Western Freeway around the work. There will be no closure or detour of traffic during this work.
• Full closure of a section of the bikeway between Anzac Park and Moggill Road between 9pm Friday 20 April and 4am Monday 23 April 2012. The Western Freeway pedestrian/cyclist overpass will not be affected by these works.
• Signage and traffic control to direct motorists, pedestrians and cyclists around the work as required.
• Water supply will not be affected by this work.

For more information on these works please click http://www.transcityjv.com.au/water-main-relocation-toowong-update-two-april-2012

If you have any questions please contact the Transcity Community Relations Team on 1800 778 772.

LEGACY WAY - lndependent Community Liaison Representative (ICLR)

About the lndependent Community Liaison Representative

The Coordinator-General's conditions of approval for the Legacy Way Project (Appendix 2, Parl 2, Section 9) require Brisbane City Council to appoint an lndependent Community Liaison Representative (ICLR) to:

• act as an independent observer of the project, including the community consultation program
• be directly available to the community
• the greatest extent, resolve community complaints not resolved by the project's complaints process.

When to contact the ICLR

Talk to the Transcity project team first to try to genuinely resolve your issue or concern - to contact them phone 1800 778 772. Make sure you tell Transcity what you want to happen. Do you want a response to a call or an email, feedback on a suggestion, a change to the way things are being done, a different decision, or an explanation or apology?

Contact the ICLR if you believe Transcity has not:

• been sufficiently responsive to your issue or concern
• satisfactorily resolved your issue or concern.

 To help the ICLR understand your issue, you will need to provide:

• your name, address, telephone and an email address if available
• a concise statement about the circumstances that led to the issue, outlining who was involved, what happened and why you are dissatisfied
• steps you have taken to resolve the issue and the result
• copies of any relevant paper work
• the result you are seeking.

lf you have supplied any of this information to Transcity, with your permission, the ICLR can access it for you. Any information you provide to the ICLR may also be given to Brisbane City Council and/or Transcity.

What the IGLR can do

The ICLR will make an assessment of your issue, usually within 24 hours, and consider how to move forward. ln most cases the ICLR will need to talk to Transcity for clarification and to obtain information.

ln some cases, the ICLR will talk to the independent Environmental Management Representative (EMR) to obtain specific environmental information.

ln some cases, if both parties agree, the ICLR may facilitate mediation, which is an informal dispute settlement process run by the ICLR, a trained mediator, who will bring the relevant parties together to work towards a resolution.

lf it appears Transcity has not complied with the Coordinator-General's conditions of approval or the approved Communication and Community Engagement Plan, the ICLR will immediately liaise with the EMR, Transcity and Council and, if needed, make recommendations to Council and/or Transcity.

Legacy Way Community Liaison Groups (CLG)

The ICLR works with Transcity to facilitate the project's CLGs.

The ICLR's responsibilities include:

• chairing CLG meetings
• preparing meeting agendas, with input from CLG members
• reviewing meeting minutes before they are distributed to CLG members and posted on the project's website.

To contact the ICLR

Phone: 1800 769 279 (freecall)

Email: LegacyWaylCLR@brisbane.qld.gov.au

Visit: Make an appointment to meet at the

Legacy Way Visitors' Centre

Level 2, 80 Jephson Street, Toowong

Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 4.00pm

Happy Easter!

Our mountain folk friends across the pedestrian bridge need some sleep!

'The Dodgy Night Works Have to Stop! Now!'

Read Mt Coot-tha Residents' Group (MCRG) blog post and letter to Lord Mayor Graham Quirk HERE

The Persistence of Memory Salvador Dali