- Target:
- LOCAL COUNCILLORS AND POLITICIANS
- Region:
- Australia
Despite numerous calls to Indooroopilly Police Station & the ‘Hoon’ line over the last few months, an email and phone conversation with a staff member at Steven Miles’ Office and a call from Brisbane City Council staff, no effective measures have been taken to address the problem of people using the Botanical Gardens as a meeting point for road races, and / or the daily racing up and down the Mt Cootha Rd.
I find this noise pollution very intrusive in the evening and am usually unable to sleep until the early hours of the morning because of it.
My complaints about this to date have been quite ineffectual in reducing this disturbance. I have therefore decided to mount an online petition for local residents to sign and forward it to:
• The Queensland Premier
• Dr Steven Miles (Mt Cootha Electorate) Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection and Minister for National Parks and the Great Barrier Reef
• Jane Prentice MP, Federal Member for Ryan
• Peter Matic (Brisbane City Councillor for Toowong)
• Graham Quirk, Lord mayor of Brisbane.
I intend to forward the petition to the above on Sunday 15th May. Should you wish to sign the petition before this date, and / or know of other local residents who are similarly afflicted and would like to do so, please do, and / or pass on the relevant information.
Many thanks,
Bruce Mackie.
We the undersigned request government agencies at Federal, State and Local levels to take action to stop the noise pollution outside the Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens and along the Mt Cootha Road caused by inconsiderate motorists.
This problem occurs on a daily and nightly basis, causing noise pollution which greatly impacts on local residents and poses significant road safety issues.
Specifically, we ask that the following measures be taken:
- two speed cameras be installed: one between the Western Freeway roundabout and Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens entrance; one approximately half way up the Mt Cootha Rd on the way to The Summit;
- signage erected before both speed cameras to alert motorists, e.g. 'THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA - PLEASE DRIVE CONSIDERATELY, and 'WARNING - SPEED CAMERAS IN CONSTANT USE'.
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The Mt Cootha - Quiet Please! petition to LOCAL COUNCILLORS AND POLITICIANS was written by Bruce Mackie and is in the category Environment at GoPetition.