Still no bushfire plan for cable car

THE Mount Wellington Cableway Company is still awaiting feedback from the Tasmania Fire Service on its bushfire plan for the divisive project to complete its application to council.

The company lodged documents with the council on January 6 to address a series of questions arising from its original development application, which was made in June 2019.

But further information was required by council on Aboriginal heritage, traffic impacts, bushfire planning, biodiversity impacts, sewage management and geotechnical assessments.

On August 7, the cable car proponents provided all bar one piece of this extra information on the project to the council.

MWCC chair Chris Oldfield said the Hobart City Council had everything it needed except the bushfire plan, which was being developed in consultation with the Tasmania Fire Service. He said on Wednesday the company was still waiting for the final feedback from the TFS.

“There’s a couple of other matters with council we are clarifying and both parties are very keen to get this into the public arena as soon as possible,” Mr Oldfield said.

HCC general manager Nick Heath said on Wednesday the council “looked forward to receiving all outstanding information from the proponent so we can move on to the next phase in the process and put the application out for public comment”.

Residents Opposed to the Cable Car spokesman Vica Bayley called for the extra information to be made publicly available now.