The Road Ahead

bwpg@bluetoad.com.au (Peter Schwenke) — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:01:38 +1000

The Burbank Wildlife Protection Group is mentioned in the October/November 2006 issue of the RACQ's The Road Ahead publication.

The eco motoring column by Jon Dee (co-founder of Planet Ark) starts with a quote by Steve Irwin - "People don't slow down enough when they see the wildlife signs and this is the result".

The article states that "Many thousands of injured native animals received treatment at Steve Irwin's animal hospital at Australia Zoo, but unfortunately too many native animals still die on the state's roads."

Further in the article the BWPG gets their mention:

"The Burbank Wildlife Protection Group is one Queensland group that has successfully lobbied to reduce speed limits in areas of high road kill frequency".

An important point is that the RSPCA and Main Roads have created a statewide number to call when hit or encounter an injured animal. The number is 1300ANIMAL.

Of course, it best to avoid hitting an animal. These driving tips will help.

Please check out the article!

Rochedale Urban Community draft plan

bwpg@bluetoad.com.au (Peter Schwenke) — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 11:05:41 +1000

The latest Rochedale Urban Community draft local plan has been released. The plan is available on Brisbane City Council's website. The plan has also been known as the Rochedale Master Plan.

However, yet again, there is no indication of how the traffic is to be routed. That is to be covered in the forthcoming Infrastructure Change Plan (ICP). Residents need to ensure that the traffic routing is in place before the development starts.

The Rochedale Urban Community will bring an extra 15,000 people into the area. This number was orginally supposed to be much smaller. At times a considerably larger number has been quoted.

Brisbane City Council has bought large pockets of wildlife habitat in the area which includes Alperton, Kloske, Ford and Priestdale Roads. The Brisbane Koala Bushlands are located in Alperton Road. This area needs to be protected from speeding traffic. Many vehicles use those roads as a shortcut. However, the roads are only a shortcut if you speed. Those speeding vehicles are slaughtering wildlife.

For examples of some of the wildlife that will be affected by this development visit our photo gallery. The gallery contains photos of wallabies, koalas, snakes and otther animals that reside in this area.

Note that submissions need to be made by Tuesday 31 October 2006. Details for submissions are available on Brisbane City Council's website.

Burbank Wildife Protection Group News

The Road Ahead

Rochedale Urban Community draft plan