Jennifer Huppert,
a Labor MLC for Southern Metropolitan Region
(centre), with the Zone 1-2 Leader (at left) and the President (at right) of
Beaumaris Conservation Society Inc, during a walk with them in May 2009 to
inspect the roadside edge of the National Estate section of the Beaumaris foreshore
reserve.
That
reserve, which is part of the Beaumaris Bay Fossil Site
on the Register of the National Estate, is of national and international importance,
but it is threatened with losing 90 trees or, far worse, being bisected right
along its length, if VicRoads cannot meet Bayside Council’s request for a short extension of the
nearby 2-lane safety section to give room on the Beach Road bitumen for the
bicycle road extension.
Ms Huppert
filled the casual vacancy produced by the resignation, in December 2008, of
the former MLC, Mr Evan Thornley,
who had earlier inspected the route with members of the BCS Inc. Management
Committee.
