#bellingenshirecouncil — Public Fediverse posts

"10 million animals are hit on our roads each year."
"As Australia’s population expands, wildlife are pushed into smaller areas, with more roads criss-crossing their habitats. The most visible victims of #RoadExpansion are larger mammals such as possums, wombats, kangaroos and #koalas. However, millions of smaller animals including echidnas, birds, reptiles and frogs are also injured or killed each year on our roads."
https://theconversation.com/10-million-animals-are-hit-on-our-roads-each-year-heres-how-you-can-help-them-and-steer-clear-of-them-these-holidays-149733

https://www.wires.org.au/
#Wildlife rescue

#HabitatFragmentation #Roads #Cars #Motorists #Roadkill #VehicleCrashes #Speeding #DogAttacks #HumanDominatedLandscapes #BellingenShireCouncil #Biodiversity #Euthanasia #Extinction

Just when #Bellingen expands the 50s infrastructure road widening program without #footpaths or #bikepaths the news hits:

Private vehicle usage must be halved to cut emissions, Climate Council says

"Australia should aim to reduce transport emissions by 75 per cent by 2030
Public and active transport needs to triple to meet that goal
Eighty-one per cent of trips are made in private vehicles across Australia, but the report says that would need to drop to 36 per cent by the end of the decade.
That would mean 49 per cent of trips would have to occur on public transport and 15 per cent through active transit.
At the moment the average Australian household has two petrol cars in the garage.
One of the easier solutions would be to increase reliable #ElectricBusServices rather than working on larger infrastructure projects." Excerpt

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-22/climate-council-transport-report-more-public-active-transport/102374038
#ElectricBuses #ESharing #PrivateVehicles #Roads #BellingenShireCouncil #HighwayToEmissionsHell #PublicTransport #FootTraffic #ActiveTransport #Transition #ClimateAction

Bellingen Update in two parts:
Part 2/2
The increased human encroachment on living beings 'out there' in the bush consitutes an existential threat. The vehicular disturbance of noise, light and vibrations from vehicles causes stress and alters their behaviour. Road noise and/or vibration is believed to disrupt communication in birds. Motor noise is audible over 200m penetrating the environment. Species adjacent to roads flee the area.
The fragmentation of their home or loss of habitat can put yet another species on the extinction list. Survivors have a bigger chance to get under someone's wheels as #roadkill.

The once closed canopy above some roads gave the koalas some connectivity. The new widening does not provide any canopy bridges. A good way to undo the NSW #koala strategy.

In #Bellingen town the many logging trucks and heavy machinery shooting through the blissful latte strip of #HydeSt. go unnoticed. The surrounding #forests with their inhabitants are perceived as mere material for economic #Exploitation. #Deforestation, #BiodiversityLoss, #Extinctions and #Climate disruption are not yet on/at the level of the military dictatorships of the Amazon or Myanmar, but one has to keep up with the neighbours.

The Sisyphus 'highway to hell' is paving the way to go past the 1.5C threshold. 'Upgraded' roads speed up the destruction and extraction. A hotter, dryer climate will invite more mega #fires. It's the fast-track towards extinction.

Pt 1
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/110388410575056761

#BellingenLogging #PanicLogging #River #care #NorthBankRoad #BellingenShireCouncil #NoFootpaths ##NoBikePaths #Mobility #Bushfires #GKNP #Biodiversity #Runoff #Platypus #BellingerRiverSnappingTurtle

#Construction and widening of #Roads in #Bellingen. No visible #Erosion, #Sediment and runoff control >
See images:
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/110360330694011556
#GlenifferRd
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/110349060174269664
#NorthBankRoad

A resource guide for local #Councils,#Erosion and #Sediment Control #NSW
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/-/media/OEH/Corporate-Site/Documents/Water/Water-quality/resource-guide-local-coucils-erosion-sediment-control-0642.pdf

Thanks to @treevan regarding the #SiltControl reminder
#Bellingen #Rivers #Turtles #BellingerRiverSnappingTurtle #BellingerRiver #Ocean #Road #Pollution #Infrastructure #Runoff #Weeds #Externalities #BellingenShireCouncil

Oh Look! #BellingenShireCouncil removed a lot of the #Biodiversity from #GlenifferRd, making way for the #Climate #Transition. Separated #BikeLanes and #Footpaths for a #FossilFuel free #Mobility. Encouraging mobility and access for all.
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateEmergencyResponseFramework #CorporateCarbonPlan #Soil #Bellingen #Roads #Detour

#Bellingen - Make #cycling and #walking safer! Not just 50s #FossilFuel armoured #Vehicles to race along #Roads.
#30kph #speed limits on suburban roads. Slower traffic, separated cycle lanes and #Footpaths. Eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable #Mobility for all.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-02/30kmh-speed-zones-pitched-for-canberra-suburbs/102291840
#Safety #Cycling infrastructure #BellingenShireCouncil #VisionZero #ClimateJustice

The #Bellingen "Road Renewal Program" requires
#GlenifferRd to be closed between #RosesRd North and Roses Road South intersections from 9 January 2023 - end July 2023.

The 'upgrade' is a downgrade for ratepayers affected by the increased traffic on Roses Road. Dust and noise #pollution from heavy machinery is a daily occurrence. #BellingenShireCouncil managed to transform a rural area into an industrial zone for a whole year of residents' lives.

"APRIL 2023 UPDATE: Additional Funding of $3.5M was awarded in April 2023 to the Gleniffer Road upgrade project. The additional works that can now be undertaken, will mean an extension of approximately 7-8 months onto the project’s timeline. The expected completion date for the additional funding works is December 2023."
https://www.bellingen.nsw.gov.au/Services/Major-Projects-Capital-Works/Major-Projects-RoadBridge-works/Roads/Gleniffer-Road
#Tourist destination #Roads #Roads #TheDrive #Deforestation #Logging #Biodiversity #AlienatingRatepayers #BellingenShire #Noise #Dust #Traffic #DrivingLocalsOut #FossilFuel What #ClimateChange #cars
Image: Gleniffer Road logging site (left). Get the stuff outta here and line the roads with money. Make it a four lane highway!