Galston, Glenorie and Hills Rural News

Glenorie Progress Associatio­n

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WHENEVER YOU CAN, SNAP SEND SOLVE

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If you have not already, download the Snap Send Solve App and start reporting the issues when you see them. It can take 3 to 5 minutes out of your busy day. Sometimes it means pulling over your car, pulling out the phone and YFPNSL F UMTYT TK YMJ NXXZJ 9MJ GJSJܪY NX YMFY your council will know about the issue, rather than continuall­y driving your car over the same potholes for months to come.

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As Snap Send Solve say: CATTAI RIDGE ROAD

$2M of Blackspot Funding is committed to upgrading Cattai Ridge Road from St Johns

Rd to Old Northern Road including shoulder \NIJSNSL FSI ܫJ]NGQJ XNLSFLJ NSINHFYJI YT slow down if above speed limit in nominated sections. Council has developed two alternate designs for Halcrow’s Rd and Cattai Ridge Rd intersecti­on including corner realignmen­t or a roundabout, both are now being considered.

CHANGES TO LOCAL INFRASTRUC­TURE CONTRIBUTI­ONS AND REGIONAL INFRASTRUC­TURE CONTRIBUTI­ONS

7NYF (FRNQQJWN KWTR 'T] -NQQ 3JQXTS 5WTLWJXX &XXTHNFYNTS HTSYFHYJI YMJ ,5& TS YMJ following matter:

“The NSW Government is trying to impose this Land Value Contributi­on Tax on landowners when their properties are rezoned and sold to developers. The Bill has been NSYWTIZHJI NS 5FWQNFRJSY GZY FUUWT[JI G^ YMJ Lower House. The land value contributi­on can be up to 20% of the value of your property. For example, for every $1 million, the landowner pays $200,000 in Land Value Contributi­on Tax. It does not impact on property currently rezoned by the NSW Government but in the KZYZWJ KTW J]FRUQJ 3JQXTS ѧ

2F^TW TK 9MJ -NQQX 8MNWJ )W 5JYJW ,FSLJRN said it is important that people understand the changes as part of any future decision making.

“The reforms could mean that people who develop their land in existing establishe­d or rural areas (such as knocking down an existing property and rebuilding, extending their dwelling or subdividin­g their land), may GJ XZGOJHY YT MNLMJW HTSYWNGZYN­TSX HMFWLJX ѧ he said.

The proposed reforms also introduce a new kind of contributi­on that could be levied on owners of future rezoned land whereby Councils may be able to recover contributi­ons via the acquisitio­n of a portion of the land for public purposes or by landowners paying a proportion of the overall value of the land.

“It’s important that landowners of sites that may one day be the subject of rezoning understand that this change means people who receive F XNLSNܪHFSY ܪSFSHNFQ LFNS RF^ GJ required to contribute some of their windfall to pay for infrastruc­ture FXXTHNFYJI \NYM YMFY WJ_TSNSL ѧ 2F^TW Gangemi said.

“While the time for public submission­s has formally closed, I urge residents to read the informatio­n available at www.planning.nsw. LT[ FZ 5TQNH^ FSI 1JLNXQFYNT­S Infrastruc­ture/Infrastruc­tureFundin­g/Improving-the-infrastruc­turecontri­butions-system and contact the State Government at infrastruc­ture. contributi­ons@planning.nsw.gov. au should you have any enquiries or HTSHJWSX ѧ

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