November 8, 2014
More Resident Photos Of Council Not At Work!
Posted by gleneira under Councillor Performance, GE Planning, GE Service Performance[13] Comments
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November 8, 2014 at 9:11 AM
Who needs footpaths? Seems the developers need them more than residents and developers get them again residents get the rough end of the stick. Too bad if your on a mortised wheelchair, or a walking frame or are not nimble enough to pick you way over this mess!
November 8, 2014 at 9:40 AM
Many of the wire mesh fences shown in these shots look unstable. Come a high strong wind and they could topple over onto some unfortunate walking past. This is more than leaving a dirty dug up street. It’s a safety issue that council should be coming down on these contractors like a ton of bricks.
November 8, 2014 at 10:43 AM
So agree. They have been blown over many times on sites in Carnegie. Left over the weekend blocking footpaths. Why or why doesn’t council require developers to construct a proper, strong and solid fence on work sites that cannot blow over!
November 8, 2014 at 11:53 AM
Corner Neerim Road and Kokkarib St (4th Picture down) which is the very busy intersection close to the Safeway Supermarket and parking at back of the Koornang shops. is a danger to public safety. Developers have constructed offices on the pavement on Neerim Road ! which affects pedestrians and the flow of traffic on Neerim Road towards Koornang intersection . The Developers site offices need to be on their building site NOT impeding the public flow.
November 8, 2014 at 1:45 PM
you should be publishing the addresses. The one you have off the portable buildings on the footpath is on the corner of Kokaribb and Neerim Roads. You now cannot see oncoming traffic if you are turning into Neerim Road. highly illegal. The one you can see with the pedestrians sign is next to Carnegie Kindergarten. A child will be killed befor they do something about it.
November 8, 2014 at 5:05 PM
If you place your cursor over the photographs it will tell you the street, though admittedly not the precise address.
November 8, 2014 at 6:15 PM
This gets back to the same argument. If council did its job correctly and fined people then I am sure that safety would improve out of sight. Even better if they got an order to halt construction that would ensure speedy compliance down the track. No developer wants to lose thousands caused by delays. Council doesn’t seem prepared to take on any developer and certainly isn’t willing to hit them where it hurts – the hip pocket. They do however harass the easy targets like ordinary folk.
November 8, 2014 at 9:00 PM
yep what ever you do don’t have branches hanging over your fence. Much worse than these development offences
November 8, 2014 at 2:31 PM
What are you complaining about – this is why your rates are so low.
November 8, 2014 at 9:41 PM
You are probably right. One could ask how many compliance staff they have in the Council. I expect there are plenty running around booking cars for parking offences and a part timer to prosecute builders for unsafe work sites or blocking footpaths. Low rates = low performance. You get what you pay for. The rates are not that much lower than other municipalities. Councillors are always bragging about the low rates. I hope they are looking at the photos on this blog. Nothing to be proud of there.
November 9, 2014 at 6:41 AM
Here it comes again – the old rates argument. Glen Eira’s rates over the past 5 years have increased by a cumulative 30% and the number of rateable properties has dramatically increased yet standards and services have dropped dramatically.
Glen Eira ranks as one of the most top heavy Council’s in the metropolitan area – the most Directors and the highest paid. For this kind of money the above basic issue of public safety should not occur and if occurring should instantly be addressed.
Glen Eira has the money, it has the staff – why aren’t safety issues addressed. Where are the priorities?
November 9, 2014 at 12:30 PM
“Without regulations and controls, building and development would be unplanned, unguided, and potentially unsafe and unsatisfactory.” So sayeth our Council [http://www.gleneira.vic.gov.au/Council/Planning_and_building].
Formally, Council considers its current processes to be adequate, which I think means it condones the depositing of building detritus on footpaths and naturestrips, the blooking off of footpaths by construction activity such as builders’ trucks, the forcing of pedestrians on to roadways unprotected, and the ripping up of footpaths for the duration of construction.
The photos depict activities that violate Council By-Laws and provisions in relevant Acts designed to protect public safety. This is not surprising because Council makes only a token effort to enforce them, and makes no effort to ensure builders are aware of their obligations and responsibilities at the start of construction. The Building Site Management Code of Practice lacks practical guidance, especially about public safety and partial road closures.
We have a problem with the attitude of Council staff concerning public safety and amenity. According to Cr Lipshutz, the CEO is responsible, so I’m now curious what the CEO is going to do to lift the performance of his staff after 15 years of inaction.
November 9, 2014 at 6:54 PM
The Kokkarib Road effort really makes a joke of the splayed corner rule. There’s no visibility whatsoever!