Speaker 1: And Sue Quinn joins us now she's the co chair
Speaker 1: of the Save Birdswood Park Alliance. The first of four
Speaker 1: dropping public forums we held later today on the Burswood
Speaker 1: Racetrack and associated precinct diet They.
Speaker 2: Sue Hi Simon, thanks for having me, no problems at all.
Speaker 1: I imagine you're going along today.
Speaker 2: I'll be along to every single session. Basically, we planned
Speaker 2: to have a presence in the park, not a rally,
Speaker 2: not a protest, but just to be there to maybe
Speaker 2: help people better understand what's being touted here because we
Speaker 2: don't believe it the information that's out there accurately covers
Speaker 2: what's going on.
Speaker 1: Do you think it'll be an exchange of ideas SI,
Speaker 1: or are the project managers going to show you some
Speaker 1: nice drawings and a flyover and say this is what's
Speaker 1: going to happen and when Yeah.
Speaker 2: I think in this case we have had a couple
Speaker 2: of sessions where we have been given a presentation, so
Speaker 2: a couple of people that are involved in our alliance.
Speaker 2: But I think this they are it is there to
Speaker 2: tick that public consultation box so that people will go
Speaker 2: along there be able to have their say. They've said
Speaker 2: that they are encouraging us to contribute ideas to help
Speaker 2: shape the concept development. So basically they say this is
Speaker 2: happening no matter what. You're not here to object to
Speaker 2: it or oppose it or anything. You're here to just say, hey,
Speaker 2: well we would like to see this there, we'd like
Speaker 2: to see that there. So it's not really the consultation
Speaker 2: that particularly local residents in Burswood and in East Perth
Speaker 2: it will be most affected by a racetrack. It's not
Speaker 2: the consultation that we've been promised since this was first
Speaker 2: announced in January.
Speaker 1: So I think you're right it is going to go ahead.
Speaker 1: So that if it is a hybrid kind of consultation
Speaker 1: where you might be able to shape X, Y and z,
Speaker 1: how will you approach that? What do you want to
Speaker 1: see if it is going to go ahead?
Speaker 2: Well, we're not at this stage. We're doing all we
Speaker 2: can to have it stopped because it's you know, and
Speaker 2: to be clear, and we're getting so much criticism from
Speaker 2: people saying we're anti development and nimbi's and all that stuff,
Speaker 2: it's not true. People here have always known about the
Speaker 2: plans for Bursall Park as per the twenty year vision
Speaker 2: that was put out a while back. Everybody's been expecting
Speaker 2: that development. None of us have any problems with the antitheater,
Speaker 2: all the different even the cycling events, etc. They're basically
Speaker 2: trying to paint us as being objecting to everything. But
Speaker 2: the objection that we have is for the VP supercars,
Speaker 2: because clearly the noise from those is going to be
Speaker 2: unbearable for the people that live here. But part of
Speaker 2: their process is to tick that box to say they've
Speaker 2: consulted with the community. It's a long way down the track,
Speaker 2: and I think because it's taken them because they've received
Speaker 2: so much criticism from people saying well, when are we
Speaker 2: going to have our say? Now they've rolled this out.
Speaker 2: But the disappointing thing is that from a resident's point
Speaker 2: of view, we expected the opportunity to have a say
Speaker 2: as local resid how this would impact on us personally.
Speaker 2: But they have opened this up and the sessions are
Speaker 2: only for a couple of hours. Interestingly, the weekend ones
Speaker 2: only for two hours before the Eagles game and the
Speaker 2: Dockers games on Saturday and Sunday, clearly targeting sports fans
Speaker 2: and not really paying much attention to the people that
Speaker 2: have really been waiting to have a say on this
Speaker 2: and to find out exactly how this is going to
Speaker 2: impact on us.
Speaker 1: So did you, I think to be very yes, Sorry truck.
Speaker 1: So I was involved in some of the forums with
Speaker 1: regards the stadium back in the day, and there was
Speaker 1: some objections from residents then. But the forums did explain
Speaker 1: about how the roads would work, the fact that it
Speaker 1: was getting a pub, you know, the new bridge, all
Speaker 1: of that came into was eventually rolled out and the residents,
Speaker 1: a lot of the residents changed their minds. Were you
Speaker 1: part of that process as well or did you move
Speaker 1: into the area after the stadium was built? What impact
Speaker 1: does the stadium have on your meaning.
Speaker 2: Now? Yeah, no problem at all. I don't think you
Speaker 2: see that. There was this action many years ago. I've
Speaker 2: lived here for sixteen years. That was mainly regarding the
Speaker 2: closure of what was a beautiful golf course that many
Speaker 2: people had bought in the area for that reason. It
Speaker 2: was more the closure of the golf course and the
Speaker 2: development of the Crown Towers on that land more so
Speaker 2: than the stadium. Objection to the actual stadium. At the time,
Speaker 2: we remember there was probably about four or five other
Speaker 2: locations being banded around. People were saying, I don't necessarily
Speaker 2: think that right here, you know, on the burs of
Speaker 2: Peninsula is the right place. I think it might be
Speaker 2: better here or there. So there was some discussion about it,
Speaker 2: but there wasn't the opposition that there is to this
Speaker 2: thing here because this is a whole different thing. When
Speaker 2: the games are on the stadium, the noise is very
Speaker 2: well contained within there that the acoustics and the way
Speaker 2: that that was a stadium was designed was perfect for
Speaker 2: that and it doesn't impact on residents. If you close
Speaker 2: your door, you wouldn't even know there was anything going
Speaker 2: on out.
Speaker 1: So just one fine one for me, su And is
Speaker 1: if the V eight supercars weren't there for you know,
Speaker 1: one weekend a year like that, you know, like when
Speaker 1: they come the perse and they're upper barber Gellows. Would
Speaker 1: that suffice for you and your gang? Would you be
Speaker 1: okay with that?
Speaker 2: Absolutely? But what we've been told is categorically if supercars
Speaker 2: aren't part of this, and let's be honest, they have
Speaker 2: played this down since it was first announced as a
Speaker 2: motorsport street circuit in January. It's now the Perth Entertainment
Speaker 2: of Sporting Precinct and you barely see a mention of
Speaker 2: the eight supercars in any of the paraphernalia now, But
Speaker 2: the fact is that that is part of it. That
Speaker 2: is what we are objecting to. Nothing else. They can
Speaker 2: go ahead with the rest of the development, but the
Speaker 2: noise from supercars. You know, many of these people live
Speaker 2: literally meters forty to fifty meters from where the proposed
Speaker 2: racetrack is. It would be unbearable to them. That's what
Speaker 2: we're opposing to, end of the other.
Speaker 1: Things, all right, So good luck in attending the forums.
Speaker 1: Thank you for chatting to us today.
Speaker 2: Welcome, Thank you.