On the western edge of Leichhardt, in the midst of industrial Parramatta Road, Taverners Hill light rail station is close to being a white elephant. With just 4960 Opal trips last month – 165 a day – it was the second least-patronised station on the network, after nearby Waratah Mills.
At Saturday’s Voice referendum, they distributed a flyer outside polling places titled, “The plan to destroy our neighbourhood”, which claimed 60 homes in the Taverners Hill precinct would be demolished in coming years to make way for higher density. Adjacent to the precinct is a Lords Road warehouse which is also the subject of a long-running redevelopment dispute.“What I am stating is not NIMBYism,” she said. “I actually want a backyard, not a balcony. I want to see trees, flowers, birds, brush turkeys, possums. I want to be able to look out my doors and windows and look at the sky, not a wall of units. I want sun to light my house, not unnatural light.
Inner West mayor Darcy Byrne, of Labor, said the leaflet was misleading. “It’s simply not true to suggest that anyone’s property could be compulsorily acquired. A property owner would have to choose to sell,” he said. As well as Taverners Hill, stage one of the strategy involves urban renewal precincts in Croydon and on Norton Street in Leichhardt , in an area currently occupied by a shopping centre and the Italian Forum.
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