VicRoads land off McBryde St, Fawkner for sale
5th May 2018
As reported last year, VicRoads wants to sell 1.7 ha of open space beside Merri Creek in Fawkner, and did a land swap deal with Moreland Council in 2015 that would have allowed townhouse development with only a narrow open space corridor on the Creek frontage. Since the deal became public last year, there has been strong opposition from Fawkner residents and the wider Moreland and Merri Creek communities. Joe Perri, from Fawkner Residents Association, organised a well-attended walk-through of the site in October. He received many constructive responses to his call for ideas on how the site could be developed as parkland. Landscape architect Eddie Botha has incorporated many of these ideas into a concept plan for the site, which was presented to the Moreland Mayor, Cr John Kavanagh, at a meeting with Friends of Merri Creek and Fawkner Residents Association.
We are very pleased that Council has resolved to make an offer to the State Government to purchase the site for much-needed parkland, and we are working with Council to encourage the Government to accept the offer.
Image: Park concept plan for VicRoads land by Eddie Botha.
