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Your Neighbourhood
As a councillor, it’s important to me to be able to keep track of what matters across my ward. Below, you will find a list of issues that have been identified by residents across Sugarloaf Ward. I will investigate and take action on every issue you raise. Please read through the issues below and hit the ‘Add’ button if there’s anything else that matters to you in your neighbourhood.
- “The shopping strip has been neglected for too long. We need better parking and improved access.”
- “More communal spaces around Research including at the shopping strip.”
- “Bring back the crossing outside the CFA.”
- “I’d love to see more playgrounds in Research.”
- “Reynolds Rd needs speed bumps!”
- “I don’t feel safe driving down Research-Warrandyte Road.”
- “Why are Council building a footpath on the service road at Research Industrial Estate? If that road gets any narrower, trucks won’t be able to deliver to my business.”
- “Our facilities aren’t maintained properly in Research. The chicken shop wall is just an example of that.”
- “No traffic lights at the end of Leane Drive!”
- “Research was founded on mudbrick buildings. I don’t like seeing so many ugly new buildings going up.”
- “We need more footpaths so we can get around Research on foot.”
- “Allendale road needs to be made safer especially with increased car traffic and a lot of people using the walking paths.”
- “Power cuts are far too regular here.”
- “Research-Warrandyte Road is simply unsafe. We need safety improvements to stop trucks and careless drivers from putting the rest of us in danger.”
- “The cost of insurance has skyrocketed since January’s hailstorm.”
- “My property floods every time it rains. Drainage and grading are huge problems here.”
- “My internet keeps dropping out and my provider is not helping.”
- “Please no 150 seat licensed restaurants like the current development Council just approved in Bannons lane Yarrambat.”
- “Safe walking path would be nice. A bit tricky at times with little ones.”
- “It would be nice if the council regularly cut the grass, especially as we approach snake season.”
- “Reception! It would be nice to use my phone to make calls without having to walk around to find 1 bar.”
- “I see so much illegal dumping and tree clearing on my street. We need better enforcement here.”
- “If we were here when a fire came through, we’d be dead. We need better refuges and better preparedness as a community.”
- “Don’t let them build a helipad in Kangaroo Ground.”
- “I live on a narrow road and we get so many huge trucks coming past at ridiculous speeds. Why is half of St Andrews a rat run?”
- “We need a footpath through town to make St Andrews safer and more walkable.”
- “We should install electronic speed limit signs outside the school so drivers always know what speed they should be doing as they drive by. They have them in Hurstbridge. Why not here?”
- “Better road safety measures on market days.”
- “Don’t let people move in and bulldoze our bush blocks.”
- “Council needs to liaise better with VicRoads and communicate with the community about improving road safety here.”
- “Stop letting illegal race car drivers tear up Heidelberg-Kinglake Road every night.”
- “Too many Council staff have no idea what the Environmental Living Zone is. We have to explain it to them all the time.”
- “We need better measures to keep feral deer out of the Bend.”
- “I’d appreciate better access to footpaths and walking trails in Smiths Gully.”
- “I’m terrified about what the Melbourne Water land sales could mean for Christmas Hills. Council needs to make sure that Christmas Hills stays beautiful.”
- “Please don’t let Melbourne Water carve up their excess land into lots less than 20 acres”
- “We get left behind all of the time we rarely get any decent services. Christmas Hills is split with parts being in Yarra Ranges shire and rest in Nillumbik.”
- “Bring back yearly hard garbage to stop illegal dumping. The current booking system is inefficient and annoying”
- “We need more walking trails.”