By late 2014 during construction of the North West Rail Link, Epping residents, particularly those living in Ray Road and those using the intersection of Carlingford with Ray and Rawson, could be impacted by construction noise 24/7 and around 140 large spoil trucks, on our busy roads - per day!

Epping Civic Trust Concerns about NWRL

By late 2014 Epping residents, particularly those living in Ray Road and those using the intersection of Carlingford with Ray and Rawson, could be impacted by construction noise 24/7 and around 140 large spoil trucks, on our busy roads - per day!

Epping Town Centre Development

Epping Civic Trust report that the NSW State Government plans a number of 30 storey buildings for Epping Town Centre.  Department of Planning and Infrastructure (DPI) propose a public exhibition in mid to late Feb 2013.  The ECT newsletter includes the statement "Unless there is an extremely hight number of objections and much public outcry the Plan will not change."

North West Rail Link concerns

There is a very thought-provoking video on the NWRL presented on EcoTransit's YouTube channel, that seeks to address the motivations, misconceptions, lies, politics and personalities behind promotion of the NWRL Metro proposal .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5upD1WkEvBE

View it and see what you think.  The consequences of the NWRL as now designed, and the constraints it will place on commuter traffic through and from Beecroft, could be very significant.

DA 38/2013 Chapman/Wongala

A Development Application has been submitted to develop the north east corner of the Beecroft Shopping Village as five storey residential units.  DA 38/2013, details on the Hornsby Shire Council website.  Submissions close 6 March.

Beecroft Real Estate Changes

We see that after thirty years the Raine and Horne Beecroft signs have disappeared from the lower end of Hannah Street, and been replaced with Belle Property signs.