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TAKING THE STAGE: Chloe Findlay, as Elle Woods, and the Delta Nu girls take the stage for a dress rehearsal ahead of Horsham Arts Council’s opening night of Legally Blonde on Thursday at Horsham Town Hall. The show continues until October 16 with tickets available at the box office or via the town hall’s website. The October 14 evening performance will raise money and awareness for breast cancer. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER
Leaders speak out A
BY ABBY WALTER
former Horsham Rural City mayor and retired senior manager have expressed ‘deep concern’ and ‘disillusionment’ over the ‘actions’ of the current council and administrators. Kevin Dellar and David Eltringham say the council’s plans such as a redevelopment of Horsham City Oval and Sawyer Park, along with an alleged lack of planning for future transport movement through the city, could negatively impact the community. They shared their views at a Horsham Rural Ratepayers and Residents Association-hosted public meeting. Mr Dellar, a former councillor of 28 years, said he was particularly concerned about a requirement for Horsham Rural City Band to relocate from
its building in O’Callaghan Parade. The band owns the building, which is located on Crown land. The council has suggested Jubilee Hall in Roberts Avenue as the band’s new venue. “Council will be a laughing stock over its intentions to pull down the current hall to make way for future development of the City Oval and Sawyer Park precinct,” Mr Dellar said. “The suggestion that Jubilee Hall would be suitable is not accurate. “It’s 20 percent smaller and the acoustics are not suited to a band and the council plans to spend about $220,000 trying to make it suitable.” Mr Eltringham, the council’s former technical services manager, told the public meeting that issues of bottleneck traffic, a lack of appropriate turning lanes and congestion along the Western Highway, south of the
Wimmera River bridge, would remain unresolved until traffic was reduced through the city. “The council won’t even talk about a bypass to redirect traffic. It’s a banned word,” he said. The council is undertaking a feasibility study for an alternate truck route of Horsham. Meeting attendees raised concerns that property development near Williams Road would add further pressure to traffic congestion entering the Western Highway. They feared challenges entering the highway from Derry Parade would continue despite a planned roundabout at the intersection of the Western Highway, Henty Highway and Golf Course Road. The ratepayers group is an independent entity and not an advisory committee of council. The group will change
its name from Horsham Ratepayers and Residents to Community Matters – HRC and will become a sub-group of Ratepayers Victoria Incorporated. The group has established ‘Teams’ — which stands for Together Everyone Achieves More — to allow members to discuss areas of interest. These include services, businesses, city planning, community spaces, arts and culture, events and tourism, and inclusion, health and wellbeing. Leaders have received 67 registrations of interest to participate in ‘Teams’, with the majority interested in community spaces and city planning. Other concerns included progress on development plans for Horsham North; a Green Lake Waterway Rules Review and reclassifying the lake from a decommissioned water storage
facility to recreational; possible traffic impact from a streetscape plan; and removal of dirt jumps at Burnt Creek. A council spokesman said the council had not received information about the ratepayer group, its terms of reference or meeting agendas and no formal invitation was made to councillors or council officers. Mayor Robyn Gulline said the council welcomed input from all community groups and encouraged ongoing involvement in engagement activities. “Each year, the council seeks community feedback on between 20 to 30 projects and we want to hear from as broad a demographic as possible to ensure that feedback is representative of our whole community,” she said. “We look forward to hearing from the new group.” City Oval funding — page 5
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