Protesters rally to save Glenside Hospital trees from being axed as part of site’s redevelopment
ANGRY protesters have staged a rally to stop the axing of 83 trees as part of the old Glenside Hospital redevelopment.
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ANGRY protesters have staged a rally to stop the axing of 83 trees as part of the old Glenside Hospital redevelopment in the eastern suburbs.
Organisers from the group, Adelaide’s Trees Matters, say the “significant and regulated” trees will be chopped down to make way for 1000 new private residences on the Fullarton Rd site.
But the group’s flyer says the trees’ removal is “all premature and unnecessary”. “The apartment layout is unknown and yet to be approved,” the flyer says.
“We want the developers to incorporate as many of these irreplaceable trees as possible into their final design.”
Residents, living both locally as well as from across metropolitan Adelaide, and parliamentarians, including Greens MLC Mark Parnell, have expressed anger at the proposal by developer Cedar Woods.
The plan to get rid of so many big trees is expected to be assessed by the State Government’s Development Assessment Commission later this month.
The proposed housing estate would include up to 1000 homes, incorporating a mixture of apartments and townhouses.
The 16.5ha former Glenside Hospital site was sold to Cedar Woods for $28.5 million last year. The project is expected to generate around 450 fulltime construction jobs and $400 million in building and other activities.
According to the SA Government website, a regulated tree is defined as having a trunk circumference of 2m or bigger while to be deemed as significant, a tree must have a trunk circumference of 3m or more.