The City of Yarra’s new firebrand mayor, Stephen Jolly, has signalled a major change in direction for the council after shepherding through a 36-point plan for the area.
A contentious new park has been scrapped, a dog poo audit has been launched, bike lanes could be removed and illegal raves along the Yarra will be tackled in a major change of direction for an inner-city council.
The motion included promises to geo-fence e-scooters off footpaths, to remove “pop-up” bike lanes and “racially discriminating” stickers, to end what Jolly called a bin apartheid that left Abbotsford residents deprived of weekly recycling and to double council meetings.
An artist’s render of the proposed pocket park in Charlotte Street, Richmond, which has been cancelled by the new council.Children’s author and Richmond resident of 51 years Elizabeth Honey was one of a handful of attendees on Tuesday who spoke in favour of the park, arguing others that had been considered controversial at the time had become beloved.
The public gallery, which largely supported Jolly’s motion, erupted in applause a number of times during the meeting. “It means you avoid scrutiny on individual decisions that, in their own right, are very important ones,” Wade said, adding the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission recommended banning such “en bloc” voting in
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