Anger at run-off into award-winning creek project

Hilder Road students slaved for years to rehabilitate a westside creek, only to watch as mud ran off into it from a development site.

The Gap residents say muddy run-off from a development site is harming Fish Creek.

Angry residents at The Gap say the latest earthworks at the controversial Tallowwood housing estate on Settlement Rd is sending a terrible message to children.

Hilder Road State School students and Eco-marines members have won many awards for their rehabilitation of Fish Creek, but locals said it had turned into a muddy mess after a stormwater pipe was extended 100m to the creek bank.

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“The children of Hilder Road State School (including my child) have been working tirelessly since 2013 to restore and protect this section of Fish Creek,’’ Petta Rogers said.

“Every student at the school has worked on (part) of the creek, less than 30m upstream from where this damage is occurring.

“What message is this sending to thousands of children about the importance that council places on the environment, and their efforts to improve the damage caused by previous generations, if the most serious action is not taken?’’

Devcorp said it had a “very environmentally conscious policy’’.

Hilder Road State School Ecomarines have previously won an Urban Utilities award for their work rehabilitating Fish Creek.

“Our specialist contractors assure us the sediment controls are in place, however as we take these matters seriously we will now be undertaking further investigations,’’ development manager Mark Gaskin-Harris said.

Council had opposed the project, on the old Nova Gardens nursery site, but Devcorp appealed in the Planning & Environment Court.

In recent months, The Gap residents have voiced concerns about run-off into nearby Enoggera Creek from the Hive unit development, on Illowra St, and a housing estate opposite Walkabout Creek Discovery Centre on Waterworks Rd.

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