Baulkham Hills MP defends The Hills Amenity objects to Overdevelopment in his Patch

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CAAN Photo; Three Towers under construction on the other side of ‘Castle Towers’; the site for a fourth tower has just been cleared. The middle tower accessed by a YongMao Crane; YongMao a Chinese machinery manufacturer specializing in large sized and supersized tower cranes
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CAAN Photo: A fourth tower soon to rise nearby; in the background Castle Hill with homes set among bushlands

In Pollie Speak the Member said:

‘I remain completely opposed to the fast-tracking of all medium and high-density development in my electorate of Baulkham Hills,”

In ‘developer speak’ he said he acknowledged the need to expand Sydney.

DESPITE the acceleration of development since 2011 during the terms of the Liberal Coalition in NSW, how is it that they hold the Labor administration responsible for denying The Hills the infrastructure it will need to match even more medium and high-density housing?

AS revealed in this Macro Business Report it is both an issue of infrastructure and population policy …

‘Australia’s recent migrants don’t want more immigration’

The infastructure appears to always be an afterthought … whether it be for:

-transport

-health

-education

The consequences include the electorate being packed in like sardines in trains;  inadequate health care to meet the doubling of the population;

Children schooled in demountable classrooms

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CAAN Photo; close up of the towers under construction. In the background nearby homes having lost their amenity to high-rise overdevelopment on the Metro route! The Metro connecting to Chatswood, North Sydney and Sydney.

Why do the Hills people believe that ‘Infrastructure’ is the Solution?

Because the ‘overdevelopment’ has occurred since the reign of the NSW Libs since 2011 … so how can the Labor administration be held responsible for denying the Hills the infrastructure that it will need to accommodate even more medium and high-density housing?

YET despite being sold out in Crane Road some from The Hills stop short of saying anything about the government.  Why is this so?

An example of this … CAAN spoke to a family formerly residents of Crane Road, Castle Hill … now known as the ‘CRANE ROAD PRECINCT’.

The mother we spoke to said it still upsets her to shop at the nearby Castle Towers because ‘the developers were underhand’ …

That within 6 months of being forced to sell their home the property prices shot up and they were unable to buy back in Castle Hill.  They had to move away!

Background … The Hills Development Control Plan  (DCP) 2012 Crane Road Precinct located within the Castle Hill Major Centre .  It is bordered by the Old Northern Road, Terminus Street and Crane Road, and a portion of the Old Northern Road Reserve.  Referred to as the Crane Road Precinct.

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CAAN Photo: Crane Road Precinct looms large; viewed from the road leading to Castle Towers

HOW soon before Castle Hill looks like Top Ryde … Macquarie Park … Epping … ?

Read more!

‘Protecting the Hills lifestyle’: Minister slams fast-track planning in his electorate

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/protecting-the-hills-lifestyle-minister-slams-fast-track-planning-in-his-electorate-20200621-p554pb.html