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Scenic Drives in the Bellingen area

#cars #roads #Thedrive #Gleniffer #scenic #IdyllicCoutryside #RoadUpgrades #RoadWidening #NSW #NeverNever #PromisedLand #WaterfallWay #Bellingen #GlenifferRd #RoadTrauma #wildlife #BellingenShire #climate

Scenic Drives in the Bellingen area

#cars #roads #Thedrive #Gleniffer #scenic #IdyllicCoutryside #RoadUpgrades #RoadWidening #NSW #NeverNever #PromisedLand #WaterfallWay #Bellingen #GlenifferRd #RoadTrauma #wildlife #BellingenShire #climate

The road to climate action is a 4 lane highway through the biodiversity of the Amazon.

Why Brazil is Building a Mega Highway in the Amazon Forest >>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxWAtUgfp6I

Had a déjà vu feeling here regarding the local Gleniffer Road widening and the Coffs Harbour Bypass Highway.

#FossilFuels #CoalGas #roads #biodiversity #GlenifferRd #PacificHighway #CoffsHarbourBypass #coffs #NSWLogging #forests #destruction #harm #climate #FossilFuels #roads #highways #CoffsHarbour #GlenifferRoad #NSWLogging #biodiversity #wildlife #COP30 #deforestation

The road to climate action is a 4 lane highway through the biodiversity of the Amazon.

Why Brazil is Building a Mega Highway in the Amazon Forest >>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxWAtUgfp6I

Had a déjà vu feeling here regarding the local Gleniffer Road widening and the Coffs Harbour Bypass Highway.

#FossilFuels #CoalGas #roads #biodiversity #GlenifferRd #PacificHighway #CoffsHarbourBypass #coffs #NSWLogging #forests #destruction #harm #climate #FossilFuels #roads #highways #CoffsHarbour #GlenifferRoad #NSWLogging #biodiversity #wildlife #COP30 #deforestation

Logging Tucker's Nob
Let's do what we can
To save what we can

#Bellingen #BellingenLogging #SaveTuckersNob #GlenifferRd #RosesRd #biodiversity #GKNP

Bellingen - Tuckers Nob proposed logging/ clear felling Information Meeting

To the community of Tuckers Nob State Forest and any residents concerned by proposed Industrial Logging of Compartments 26/27 you are invited to a meeting by Friends of Tuckers Nob at

Gleniffer Hall
Thursday 17 of August at 6 pm

#biodiversity #climate #FossilFuels #fire #risks #water #Bellingen #catchment #RosesRd #GlenifferRd #trucks #traffic #noise #dust #Gleniffer #meeting #Gumbaynggirr #MidNorthCoast #logging #BellingenLogging #TuckersNobSF #woodchips #GKNP #ClearFelling #koala

Bellingen - Tuckers Nob proposed logging/ clear felling Information Meeting

To the community of Tuckers Nob State Forest and any residents concerned by proposed Industrial Logging of Compartments 26/27 you are invited to a meeting by Friends of Tuckers Nob at

Gleniffer Hall
Thursday 17 of August at 6 pm

#biodiversity #climate #FossilFuels #fire #risks #water #Bellingen #catchment #RosesRd #GlenifferRd #trucks #traffic #noise #dust #Gleniffer #meeting #Gumbaynggirr #MidNorthCoast #logging #BellingenLogging #TuckersNobSF #woodchips #GKNP #ClearFelling #koala

The electrification of domestic car travel
The Bellingen case

Now that the Gleniffer 'highway' is nearly complete they discover it's so past century. The 'Scenic Drive to Gleniffer' has no EV charging network, no cycle paths, no footpaths and no toilets. But you get to experience the change from a quite scenic country road to a highway like ambience leading you along logging sites and tonnes of cement.

A post-servo highway? How electric vehicles are changing the Australian roadscape
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/22/electric-vehicles-australia
#Bellingen #roads #tourism #GlenifferRd #TheDrive #cars #EV #cycling #energy #infrastructure #so50s #FossilFuel #ClimateChange #denial

The electrification of domestic car travel
The Bellingen case

Now that the Gleniffer 'highway' is nearly complete they discover it's so past century. The 'Scenic Drive to Gleniffer' has no EV charging network, no cycle paths, no footpaths and no toilets. But you get to experience the change from a quite scenic country road to a highway like ambience leading you along logging sites and tonnes of cement.

A post-servo highway? How electric vehicles are changing the Australian roadscape
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/22/electric-vehicles-australia
#Bellingen #roads #tourism #PromisedLand #GlenifferRd #TheDrive #cars #EV #cycling #energy #infrastructure #so50s #FossilFuel #ClimateChange #denial

How is Bellingen's "Road Renewal Program" going?
The road reconstruction of Gleniffer Road and diversion (Roses Road) is supposed to be completed by July 2023.

A preview at what once was a scenic forest road has now the charm of a highway. Apart from the logging scars along it, the road is widened and reveals steep bare gullies where the biodiverse flora and fauna has been eliminated.

The widened shoulders of the 'highway' are mostly lined with concrete gutters and culverts. The most fertile layer of the earth is sealed with a thick layer of cement. A rock-hard second skin entombs the living, fertile soil and brings great convenience to fossil fuel enthusiasts on their 'drive'. The road shoulder used to be soft with terrestrial orchids growing on the edges. Now it's given the hard shoulder to channel runoff and pollution down into the bush and the creeks as a fast runoff. It's called taming nature.

Concrete is considered the most destructive material on Earth, it is one of the main producers of carbon dioxide. “If the cement industry were a country, it would be the third largest carbon dioxide emitter in the world with up to 2.8bn tonnes, surpassed only by China and the US.”
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/feb/25/concrete-the-most-destructive-material-on-earth

The channeled cement gutter flow of these hydraulic stormwater structures has negative impacts on stream habitats and biota. Migrating animals find the widened road with slick cement hard to cross. The water quality and habitat become fragmented and degraded.

Soon the speeding vehicles will crack the cement blocks (As can be seen at any NSW roundabout) and they will crumble as rubbish into the bush.

The project doesn't seem to add to Australia's ‘fair share’ to contain global heating or refraining from engaging in extinction.

#Bellingen #Roads #subdivisions #logging #GlenifferRd #RosesRd #RoadConstruction #Soil #Wildlife #Erosion #Runoff #Flooding #Cement #Cars #FossilFuel #ClimateEmergency #Energy

Planning for Reduced #Emissions from #RoadConstruction
"The construction sector accounts for about one-quarter of global carbon dioxide #emissions. The main contributing factors are manufacture of carbon-intense structural materials, such as steel and cement, and heavy transport needed to bring materials on site. Many lifecycle assessments have evaluated the #CarbonFootprint of road construction or elements of it. But few studies have taken a comprehensive view of options to reduce #GHG emissions along the entire road #construction #SupplyChain".
#Bellingen: What emission reduction?

https://blog.bluebeam.com/road-construction-emissions/
#Roads #Asphalt #Cars #AutoMobility #HeavyMachinery #Climate #GlenifferRd #Electrify#ConstructionEquipment #Earth #Boundaries

Bellingen Update in two parts:
Part 1/2
#Bellingen has been undergoing radical road widening and "Panic logging” for many months. A desperate attempt to convert narrow, windy and sloping forest roads into a wide and straight 'highway' to suit heavy road trains and extraction machinery. The new all-season roads will enhance #deforestation and the flow of motorised tourists. It is said. The nexus #GlenifferRd and #RosesRoad and are being worked on most intensively with #Fossilfuel and a generous amount of a tar-like substance.

On some roads the shoulders are shaved of all vegetation to widen it by 2-3 m on either side. This is supposed to convey the illusion that the road is very wide. On others, bulldozers push the 'dirt' and vegetation (and its habitants) down the 'ditch' (Bellinger River or small creeks) Decorative small sandbags are placed sparingly apparently as #SiltControl. The recent rain makes the slimy bare red soil run off, #erosion and #weeds will follow with a vengeance. This is fossil fuel landscaping at its finest. Matting or replanting seems not in sight. Weeds love this disturbed area.

For road users and residents this intensification means detours, various traffic lights, diesel generators, heavy diesel machinery, blockages of the existing rural roads for months and months. Dump trucks and bulldozers add to the ambient #pollution of the air, soil, aquatic systems and living entities.
Pt 2
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/110388463643213945

#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

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!

Update: #Deforestation at Gleniffer Road, along Frenchman's Creek.
Due to the road diversion of #GlenifferRd the eradication of the #biodiversity habitat seems to go unnoticed.
#Koalas #GKNP #Bellingen #BellingenLogging #Climate #Bushfire #Risks

Could the road diversion be to hush up land clearing of #Koala habitat in #Bellingen?
#RosesRd #GlenifferRd #FrenchmannsCreek #Logging #BellingenLogging #Deforestation #GKNP #Biodiversity

Scheduled Roadwork Resurfacing
https://www.livetraffic.com/incident-details/145929
Gleniffer Road between Roses Road North Intersection and Roses Road South Intersection
Mon 9 Jan 2023 to Sun 30 Apr 2023