50% of the current green space you see here, could soon be concrete.Musgrave Park is an incredible piece of our community - rich with significance. It is used by many people from across Brisbane for sport, recreation and relaxation. It contributes to the health and wellbeing of thousands plus its a place where athletes become state, national and world champions.
But the West End Pool is now threatened by 2500 square metres of concrete. Brisbane State High wants to take away 27% of the existing swimming pool site for a tennis complex.
This will form part of approximately 5000 sqm combined tennis and basketball development, cut into the existing green bank between State High and the pool complex less than 20 metres from the existing swimming pool.
It will dramatically reduce our green public space, where we get away from the hustle and the bustle, sit and have a laugh, catch up with friends, our athletes warm up, our kids have fun , we exercise, multiple groups of polo players and swimmers gather during competitions.
It will restrict any future community driven development to enhance the existing facility for all user groups.
We will be caged in by high fences, less shade, more heat and more noise that will drastically affect our existing retreat.
Change is inevitable, and if properly planned it can create incredible opportunity. But change without consulting our community is not the way it should be done.
Remember we are paying for it, so lets enhance our community assets and plan for something that we will all benefit from.
As the community of South Brisbane and West End we can advocate a better proposal and you have until Friday, 28th September 2007 to comment on the current development application.
In the government plan depicted here, the space coloured in green represents the current pool complex land, with the red area showing the space that would be lost if the current proposal goes ahead. The dotted line shows the current boundary of the grounds.*Click on the image to see a larger version, and click the back button on your browser to return to this web page.
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