Palmwoods residents have reacted with shock and anger over the clearing of a large parcel of land close to the town's centre, on a site they say has flooded three times this year.
abc.net.au/news/palmwoods-development-earthworks-townhouses/101775456Palmwoods residents have reacted with shock and anger over the clearing of a large parcel of land close to the town's centre.The development was initially knocked back by Sunshine Coast Council in 2009, but that decision was overturned by the courtsThe developer says the earthworks are fully approved and lawful.
"Anyone who tried to pass over this bridge in the middle of town ... knows that it was flooded three times within the last nine months, for sometimes days at a time, and you couldn't proceed," Mr Stephenson said.Kay Nixon has lived in Palmwoods for 28 years and runs a shop in town. "We're aware of platypus being seen near there recently ... once you lose that environment for creatures you can't undo that."Area to be 'fully rehabilitated'
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