Byron Shire Mayor, Jan Braham, has moved to halt works on Broken Head road after discovering council had been cutting down mature trees to widen the notoriously dangerous stretch.
The Mayor was informed by local residents and moved an urgent motion at yesterday’s council meeting.
“Council is really looking at the issues of reviewing the environmental assessment etc, looking at the options we looked at when we proposed the project and looking at other areas of that road that could have also been treaded with these works.”
86 trees have been felled during the project, which was undertaken close to the site of a car crash that claimed the lives of four teenagers in 2006.
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Has the mayor forgotten her promise to fix Broken head road, after the deaths on this part of the road? Why does the mayor seem to be more upset over the removal of trees, than when people have died on the road. A road she continues to neglect?
This was reported back in 2006:
[quote]Meanwhile, councillors for the area where the accident occurred said they had repeatedly raised concerns about the safety of local roads.[/quote]
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/fatal-car-crash-teenagers-named/2006/10/23/1161455632243.html
12-395 Resolved that Council cease all road widening works currently being undertaken along Broken
Head road and receive a report that provides information relating to these works as defined in
the REF (May 2012) that considers:
1. The data that has defined the area as high risk and the requirements of the funding
program
2. The options for mitigating any identified risks in association with the road including
signage and speed reduction, as per Resolution 09-87
3. An independent review of the REF by a local ecologist
4. The options to transfer the funds to another project
5. The investigation of the area approximately 500 metre