Premier Mike Baird told to keep his hands off Cremorne garden for B-Line northern beaches bus
ANGER is building over the Baird Government’s B-Line northern beaches bus service with residents at a Cremorne unit block protesting plans to rip up their garden.
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PREMIER Mike Baird is being told to keep his hands off a garden in Cremorne.
The green oasis on Military Rd will be almost sliced in half to make way for a B-Line bus bay, so residents from the apartment block at No. 221 have placed two giant signs outside to let people know what’s in store.
“Not many people in the area are aware this is happening,” said one of the residents.
“It’s one of the few gardens left along Military Rd and it will make a huge visual impact if it disappears.
“We will have noisy, smelly buses much closer to our property and we lose half our garden.”
The resident said she was aware the State Government had a legal right to forcibly buy the land, but they wanted planners to consider other options.
A raft of changes are expected along Military Rd to make way for the B-Line route between the northern beaches and the city.
The residents at No. 221 are not the only ones who are angry. Opposition is also mounting against plans to stop northbound traffic turning left into Ben Boyd Rd — a move that would affect businesses, residents and rat runners.
“We are disappointed,” said The Oaks general manager Andrew Thomas.
“All our delivery drivers have big trucks and are wondering how they are going to make deliveries.
“People coming from the CBD to the hotel can’t pull up against the kerb.
“It’s going to encourage people illegally stopping on Military Rd.”
The Oaks is seeking legal advice and commissioning a report from traffic and town planners.
The proposed change has also upset residents of The Benton apartment block next door to the popular hotel. Resident Karen Maccallum said it would make access to her home more difficult and, as a result, may affect the value of the properties.
Transport for NSW said no decisions on the proposed works would be made until all public submissions were received.
There is still time for anyone to have their say.
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