Hundreds of people attend a meeting to oppose the construction of the Tasmania Devils AFL high-performance centre on parklands in Hobart's eastern shore, but the mayor warns a potential poll of all voters could cost $200,000.
More than 400 people attended a community meeting on Wednesday night on the proposed AFL high-performance centre, with most opposed to plans to build the training grounds on council parkland.
The petition garnered 1,000 signatures from people opposed to an in-principal plan to build the AFL high-performance centre across two sites at the former Rosny golf course and at Charles Hand Memorial Park, which currently hosts an international-standard competition skate park.
In 2022, an elector poll requested by the Hobart City Council regarding the University of Tasmania's move into the CBD garnered a 'no' vote of almost 75 per cent, but the university chose to continue with its move regardless.The head of the Save Rosny's Parks group, Terry Polglase, said his group was not against the facility being built in Clarence, but strongly opposed the proposed location in the city's parklands.
At the time, Kingborough mayor Paula Wriedt, who had put forward Kingston's twin ovals as a possible location for the centre, said Rosny's parklands had a "lot of construction challenges".
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