Galston, Glenorie and Hills Rural News
Glenorie Progress Association
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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
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“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
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“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