Koonung Mullum Forestway Association
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UPDATE valley watch now on line. Click below! |
Koonung Mullum Forestway Association
| The KMFA was formed by local residents in 1987 to bring together the numerous groups and individuals opposed to road projects threatening the Koonung and Mullum Mullum Creek valleys in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. |
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With the Koonung valley lost to Stage 1 of the Eastern Freeway
extension in 1995, the preservation of the Mullum Mullum is the group’s
current focus. The Stage 2 extension through Melbourne’s last unspoilt
wildlife corridor is scheduled to commence in early 2001.
The State Government's announcement in October that 1.5 km of the 5 km extension would be built as a tunnel offers some protection for the bushland between Hillcrest Reserve and Chaim Court. But the valley at Deep Creek Road will still be devastated by an 8-lane surface freeway, and Mullum Mullum creek towards Ringwood almost completely destroyed by the proposed Scoresby Freeway interchange. The Eastern Freeway extension is part of a larger scheme to “ring” the whole city with freeways: a form of traffic management that is already outmoded overseas. The suburb of Ringwood could become the junction for three major freeways, with more than 100,000 vehicles a day expected to converge on this already congested business and residential district. |
| KMFA promotes environmentally sustainable alternatives to these projects, which will: | ||
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protect and enhance our last remaining metropolitan green spaces, both
for native plants and animals as conservation zones, and for humans as
places of rest, inspiration and tranquility
provide world-class, state-of-the-art public transport conserve our diminishing fossil fuels reduce air and noise pollution make the urban environment a less stressful, congested and alienating place to live. |
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| KMFA works closely with Environment
Victoria, Streets for People,
Public
Transport Users Association, Preserve Ringwood and Its Surrounding
Environment (PRAISE), the Anti
Ring Road Organisation., Knox Environment Society, Friends
of Merri Creek and Save
Albert Park.
We meet fortnightly in the local area and welcome the participation
of all who share our aims.
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| CONTACT US | phone (03) 9898 2220 mail PO Box
234 Kerrimuir VIC 3129
or email: Meredith.Sherlock@arts.monash.edu.au |
| Read the latest valley watch here (October 2000). |
| In March 2000, KMFA presented a joint submission on the proposed Eastern
Freeway Extension (Springvale Road to Ringwood) to the Department of Infrastructure
in response to its Eastern Freeway Extension Option Review.
Click here for full text. |
| KMFA Greeting Cards by Melbourne artist Alison Lumb. Generous A5 size, blank inside, with envelopes -now just 50c each. Available by phone, mail or email as above. |
| CLICK HERE FOR MORE LINKS! |
Last updated 25 October 2000