I wrote the other day about the bizarre situation of Melbourne Water selling land in the Merri Creek corridor to industry. It is heartening to see this situation finally gaining some attention thanks to Green Leader Samantha Ratnam, who raised it this week in Parliament.
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Less than three weeks before the last state election in 2018, the State government proudly affirmed their commitment to creating a “ring of new parkland in our growing suburbs.” This included creating a “new 2778 hectare Upper Merri Park” near Craigieburn. This park is to be combination of large grasslands and linear space along the Merri Creek, stretching from the Western Ring Road at the south to north of Donnybrook. This would connect with the extremely high quality and important linear reserve along the Merri Creek that already runs south of the Ring Road from Fawkner to the Yarra River in Collingwood.
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