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Friends seek unity to fix foreshore

By Stephen TaylorOctober 19, 2020Updated:October 20, 2020No Comments2 Mins Read
Melinda Gustus and other members of the Friends of Williams Road Beach group want to work with developers. Picture: Gary Sissons
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Melinda Gustus and other members of the Friends of Williams Road Beach group want to work with developers. Picture: Gary Sissons

THE Friends of Williams Road Beach are pleased that Hengyi Pacific has acknowledged the public open space between its proposed retirement centre at Mount Eliza and the foreshore.

The developer is keen to transform the 3.41-hectare site at 33 Jacksons Road into a $160 million “retirement community” overlooking Canadian Bay. A 19th century residence and two other buildings date from 1878. They were also previously a hospital and aged care facility and have heritage protection (“Big plans for Beachleigh” The News 29/9/20).

Plans lodged last month seek approval to build 105 low density dwellings with a two-storey height limit, wellness centre, gym, library, cinema, restaurant, bar and lounge, indoor heated pool, spa and an on-site concierge service.

Hengyi Pacific said it planned to regenerate the 200 metre waterfront and “integrate” it into the project for community use.

Members of the Friends of Williams Road Beach group say they have been “restoring the foreshore since 2003 in collaboration with relevant authorities, community groups, and Bunurong Land Council and Boon Wurrung Foundation”.

Friends group coordinator Melinda Gustus said the loss of indigenous plants over several years caused by the dumping of garden waste and renovation materials required “major action, including building protective fences, targeting weeds and planting indigenous tube stock”.

“The continuing success of this work requires ongoing and strategic input,” she said. “The maintenance of protective fences limits the dumping of waste and weeds, removal of indigenous vegetation and also protects cultural sites.

“The quality of the foreshore reserve would benefit by the extension of the indigenous vegetation beyond the confines of the foreshore fencing.”

Ms Gustus said the friends group was keen to work with Hengyi Pacific and its landscapers to their design complemented the reserve.

Contact them at tmcgustus@dodo.com.au or call 0417 052 236.

First published in the Mornington News – 20 October 2020

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