General News
15 September, 2024
Look at gate options, reserve committee told
OTHER options should be considered before a decision is made to remove the historic pioneer memorial gates at Rheola Recreation reserve. Matt Catto, president of the town’s charity carnival who started a petition to preserve the gates and not have...
OTHER options should be considered before a decision is made to remove the historic pioneer memorial gates at Rheola Recreation reserve.
Matt Catto, president of the town’s charity carnival who started a petition to preserve the gates and not have a cattle grid installed, received the news last week from Ripon MP Martha Haylett.
Mr Haylett told Mr Catto that she had received advice from the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action that the reserve committee had been “
encouraged to think of other options” to improve entrances at the reserve.
She said DEECA had also told the committee of management it must consider public response to the proposal before submitting an application to the department.
The committee received $70,484 for reinstatement and resurfacing of the main entrance, a cattle grid, playground and toilet plumbing repairs following the October 2022 flood emergency.