A petition with over 700 signatures has been doing the rounds online calling for the Hon Dr Steven Miles to ‘say No to the Lendlease Redland Bay Wastewater proposal’, this follows on from Logan City Councillor Miriam Stemp calling out the proposed development at the last council ordinary meeting.
Jana Connor started this petition to ‘save them money and time without having to go through the more comprehensive approvals through council’.
Cr Stemp said Logan residents had approached her regarding the proposed development of the South Redland Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant by Lendlease on the Logan River, as part of the Shoreline housing development.
“The site is also located close to prawn farms on the Logan River,” Cr Stemp said.
“This is not the only option available to the developer for wastewater treatment and Logan City Council has no direct influence or decision-making powers with regard to this project.”
Cr Stemp said that in December last year, she wrote to Hon Dr Steven Miles and Hon Meaghan Scanlon in December 2020 to voice these community concerns.
The new petition was started only two weeks ago and already has close to 800 signatures.
Jana Connor explained her many reasons for starting the petition, and many others have jumped on board with their own comments.
She said the environmental factors were particularly concerning.
“It sits within a flood plain which is connected to a RAMSAR internationally significant Wetland,” Ms Connor said.
“It sits in the Koala corridor where the Koala habitat is to be protected. There are protections in place for significant wildlife in the area. It is already an erosion prone area with significant coastal tidal movement. There are multiple protections in place for that area both national and international that would be impacted due to the flooding that occurs in that area. The mapping of the most recent 2016 flood, shows this clearly.
“The placement of the Treatment plant means that while absolutely there will be some Redland Bay residents affected and their property prices impacted as well, the majority of the negative effects will be on the residents and rate payers of the Logan and Gold Coast city councils.
“The placement is strategic to not impact the space they can build on as the proposed site would not be suitable for building.
“It also to splits 3 council regions while really only requiring one (Redlands City Council) to be on board with the proposal, they also happen to be the only council that will benefit from the additional infrastructure, while having very limited impact on their region.”
