The dam created by the Geelong Council at the end of Ryan Court was a doozy. Who would have thought affected residents should be consulted prior to Council building it?
Background on this is available from:
- Who you gonna call? Dam busters! DryClift Days, August 1, 2011 - "One morning in early March 2011, residents of Ryan Court, Drysdale found contractors digging a large hole at the bottom of their sloping road, immediately outside the last house in the street. They were told that it was to be a 'Bio-retention Basin', which was intended to filter impurities from the storm water running down their street. This was the first that the residents had heard of this decision..."
- Busting 'urban dams' DryClift Days August 17, 2011 - "DCSCA members and friends in Ryan Court, Drysdale, have been assured by the City of Greater Geelong that it will fill-in a two feet deep unfenced hole that it excavated at the bottom of their road.... Council officers told the residents that the council had sent them a letter in 2010, telling them that the dam would be created. No-one received such a letter. Had they been asked, residents could have pointed out that young children live near the dam, which is in the middle of a well-used local shortcut across a creek..."
- 'Dam busters' win battle of Drysdale, by Kim Waters, Bellarine Independent, 19 August 2011. DRYSDALE residents have claimed victory in a six-month battle against an “urban dam” at the end of their court, according to a lead objector.
Ryan Court resident Lesley Bennett started a “vigorous protest” after council gave the green light for the 18-square-metre “water retention basin” in March.
Mrs Bennett said the dam, on open land at the end of Ryan Court, filled up after one day of heavy rain.
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