Newsletter 64 – North Sydney Olympic Pool

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On June 19, 2024
  North Sydney’s Olympic Pool – Why so long to build? Why so expensive? Our North Sydney Olympic Pool was built in 1936; the rebuild raised 4 questions Did it need to be “replaced”? If so, what should it be replaced with? Were the “right” contracts for design and construction of the replacement put in […]
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Newsletter 63 – Bradfield Park

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On April 4, 2024
Sydney Harbour Bridge Cycle Ramp Complete Story – when government won’t listen It starts back when the Sydney Harbour Bridge was completed. The disruption to North Sydney was so great that Bradfield caused land that was resumed for the Bridge and no longer required to be put in a trust for the benefit of the […]
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How Councillors Have Voted

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On November 6, 2023
Does Council support community consultation? We hear a lot about community consultation – North Sydney Council says it does a great deal of it. Ever wondered whether consultation influences Councillors in how they vote? Council’s ambivalent attitude to cars is instructive – voting for more roads in the east (Neutral Bay village) but less parking […]
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Newsletter 61 – The State Government

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On October 9, 2023
Government needs to be transparent + people in Government should be accountable. Perrottet out Minns in – what could it mean for North Sydney? The Minns’ Government seems set to:  have a shot at addressing the housing shortage with heavy reliance of the private sector (expect an avalanche of applications for development approvals), ignore the […]
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Newsletter 60 – The HighLine

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On August 3, 2023
The HighLine – what’s happening? COULD IT BE – CLEARING THE HIGHLINE FOR HIGHRISE? The Sydney Harbour HighLine is the repurposing of Waverton to Lavender Bay rail corridor – it is 3.3km long largely street and harbour fronting; covers 3.77 hectares; runs through a 310 metre tunnel and ends in a harbour fronting 2 hectare […]
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Newsletter 59 -Pool Update

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On June 21, 2023
North Sydney’s Olympic Pool. When will it be completed? How much will it cost? Past newsletters dealing with the Olympic Pool are at – https://www.ianmutton.com/2021/01/17/north-shore-community-newsletter-23-olympic-pool/ https://www.ianmutton.com/2022/10/17/newsletter-48-olympic-pool/ – it’s time for an update. Background The decision was taken in 2020 to go ahead with the rebuild of the pool and grandstand – refurbishment was simply not […]
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Newsletter 58 -NEUTRAL BAY – IS IT TO BECOME A PAVED “PARADISE”?

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On May 15, 2023
  • neutral bay plaza, north sydney, roads
Military Road was dotted with “villages” that formed at the junctions of the tramlines from the wharfs at Neutral Bay, Cremorne Point, Mosman and Athol. With the opening of the Harbour Bridge, road vehicles displaced ferries as the preferred means of travel to and from the city and around our suburb Suddenly there was a […]
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Newsletter 57 – Cars and People

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On April 24, 2023
  • north sydney, roads
All Roads lead to North Sydney – and that’s a big problem The potential for the Northern Beaches to develop has been present in the minds of planners for a century or more. The failure, the concerns identified by the planners have simply not been addressed. Moving people to and from the Northern Beaches has […]
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Newsletter 55 – Parks For Money

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On March 14, 2023
  • Cycle Ramp Milsons Point
Our Community has proposed a ramp between the bridge and Alfred Street that does not destroy Bradfield Park – Transport for NSW just won’t have a bar of it North Sydney Council has repeatedly opposed Transport for NSW’s (TfNSW) proposal to build a linear ramp through Bradfield Park and supported the community’s alternative fold back […]
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