By Violet Li
Lynbrook Residents Association is urging residents to sign a parliamentary petition to request the State Government to stop the construction of the proposed Hampton Park waste transfer station.
The petition has been spread both online and on paper.
It requests that the Legislative Council call on the State Government to ensure that the proposed waste transfer station is not constructed by overturning the approval of the planning permit application, rejecting the development licence application, and investigating the processes that have led to the planning permit application being approved by Casey Council.
“The proposed facility is within 250 metres of family homes and in the middle of densely populated areas,” the petition states.
“Residents of surrounding suburbs have not been properly informed, and those who have are extremely concerned about the serious, adverse environmental and social impacts that will result from processing 550,000 tonnes of putrescible and inert waste per annum.”
The petition currently has more than 1000 signatures.
LRA states on Facebook that they are pushing for at least 2,000 signatures on the paper petition to mandate a debate in Parliament and the e-petition requires 10,000 signatures.
“Together, they’ll be counted and presented as one unified effort.
“As a passionate and dedicated community, we firmly believe the 2,000 target is well within reach.”
South-Eastern Metropolitan MP Ann-Marie Hermans is supporting the petition and requesting a three-month extension on the submission period for the waste transfer station’s development licence in a letter to the Environmental Protection Authority.
The submission period for the development licence application ended on 10 December.
Ms Hermans said there was a sense of desperate urgency for her local constituents to be informed of the hazards and impact of the proposed waste management facility in Hampton Park, and to have their concerns heard and addressed, and at the very least, provided with an extension for submissions.
“It has come to my attention and has been established, that the residents of the local area have not been properly engaged or effectively consulted regarding the hazardous waste management plans,” she said.
“They have concerns about how this facility will impact them and their local residential area, what impact it will have on their local roads, schools and childcare areas, the impact it will have on their water supply, their local environment, and how their health and safety concerns will be adequately addressed and alleviated.”
If you want to sign the petition, visit: parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved/petitions/stop-the-construction-of-a-waste-transfer-station-in-hampton-park
You can go to local shops The Grind 3975, Pattysmiths Lynbrook, and Flakey Jake’s Lynbrook to access the paper petition.
The petition closes on 7 February 2025.
