Tomorrow at 7 am Monday 5 July 2010 construction will start on the Westerfield bushland heritage property. It is being bulldozed for the Peninsula Link freeway route. Local groups will be picketing the site.

 

Work is to start despite the fact that :

 

12-2pm on Parliament House steps

The Rally aims to draw public attention to the destruction of our native bushland by the State Government's "growth-at-any-cost" policy of building freeways -- instead of promoting alternative modes of transport.

The Rally will coincide with a motion to the Legislative Council by the Greens MP, Sue Pennicuik, opposing construction of the Peninsula Link -- which would destroy much of The Pines Flora & Fauna Reserve (220 hectares) near Frankston.