Clarence Valley Council has submitted a request to the Northern Regional Planning Panel for Matsid Pty Ltd/ Sheridan’s Hard Rock Quarry to increase daily permitted truck numbers up to 66 per day along Waterfall Way.
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66 gravel trucks per day making return trips up and down Waterfall Way equals one truck passing through Bellingen and Dorrigo townships every five minutes, at peak haulage times.
The impact of this on the safety of road users, our tourist Industry, our natural environment and on our relatively peaceful lifestyle would be devastating.
Waterfall Way is dangerous enough as it is, even with all the costly improvements. Sharing it with 66 trucks a day, and that’s only counting Sheridan’s gravel trucks, will only increase the risk of tragic accidents and deaths on Waterfall Way, of which our community seen too many.
And how is approval of this permit going to impact on the traffic problems created by the re-design of Bellingen’s main street?
None of this is evident in the Notice of a Public Meeting discreetly advertised in the Courier Sun’s edition of July 11 by the Northern Regional Planning Panel.
Is Bellingen Shire Council even aware of this DA and of its implications?
I urge all concerned community members and their council representatives to make their views known to Clarence Valley Council by letter or email council@clarencevalley.gov.au and to attend this meeting if possible, to ensure the future safety of all Waterfall Way users and the preservation of our local environment and lifestyle.
Josie Robinson
Dorrigo
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Bellingen Shire Council is aware of this – click here to read Courier Sun story July 18
