Residents are left flabbergasted as a regional Victorian council wants to pass laws restricting residents from riding motorbikes on rural properties.
A regional Victorian council wants to pass laws restricting residents from riding motorbikes on rural properties.South Gippsland Shire Council is planning local law changes that would regulate recreational motorbike use and waste disposalUnder the laws, motorbikes will be banned on Sundays and outside the hours of 7:00am and 6:00pm
Steve Riley has lived in South Gippsland all his life, and runs a 300-cow dairy farm in Nerrena, south east of Leongatha."I was just flabbergasted that they can make some of these proposed rules and regulations without any consultation," he said. If legislated, the council would ban the use of motorbikes on Sundays and outside the hours of 7:00am and 6:00pm, aiming to reduce noise.
Mr Riley said the use of motorbikes is central to rural living, and a very popular recreational activity for young people in the region.
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