Greater Hume Council wants to seal an existing dirt road – Jelbart Road, Jindera. The existing remnant vegetation by the road provides a corridor for wildlife.
The stretch of road to be sealed is only around 1.5km long and Council has indicated that they propose to remove somewhere between 80-90 trees of various DBHs and distances from the centre of the existing road. Some clearly cannot be a threat to falling onto the road as their main trunk leans towards the private landholding.
The proposal does not align with Council’s vision of “valuing community assets including natural resources”. Nor its commit to an “urban forest” environment.
The area is a known corridor for squirrel gliders, and a range of other hollow dependent fauna. It also a seed collection area used by the Local Land Services.
Please email Council – mail@greaterhume.nsw.gov.au and urge them at least to change the proposal so that the road still get sealed, but significantly few trees are removed and any trees that are hollow bearing have the hollows kept on site and placed within the existing remnants at a height of at least three metres.
You have until August 6th.