FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RALLY TO SAVE UNION SQUARE 4pm THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH.


On Saturday, a coalition of concerned community groups and local small business owners from throughout the inner city will put on their dancing shoes in Union Square to protect a row of terraces. The local groups oppose the State government’s plans to destroy four historic terraces at numbers 9, 7, 5, & 3 Union Street. The CFMEU has placed a permanent green ban on the site. Pyrmont residents' emphatically argue:


  • A FALSE FRONT IS JUST PRETEND HERITAGE FOR UNION SQUARE!
  • NO RESPECT FOR THE UNION GREEN BAN
  • NO RESPECT FOR OUR 19TH CENTURY HERITAGE
  • SAVE SMALL FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES AND SAVES JOBS
  • THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT RESPECT THE COMMUNITY’S WISHES
  • METRO’S COMMUNITY CONSULTATION WAS JUST A SHAM
  • NO PROPER DOCUMENTATION OR COSTING OF ALTERNATIVES
  • WHY NOT USE THE CASINO -- THE TRANSPORT HUB OF PYRMONT?
  • OR PUT THE ENTRANCE ON THE VACANT LOT ON 102 -136 HARRIS WITH FRONTAGE ONTO PYRMONT STREET?
  • WILL THE PYRMONT VILLAGE BUSINESS SURVIVE?
  • 5 YEARS OF TRAFFIC CHAOS – 24 TRUCK MOVEMENTS AN HOUR BOWLING THROUGH THE HEART OF PYRMONT 24/7. SLEEP DISTURBANCE LIMITS EXCEEDED BY UP TO 19 DECIBELS.


WE WILL NOT BE RAIL ROADED IN PYRMONT!


For more information on the campaign visit: http://www.saveunionsquare.com/

Media Enquiries call co-convenors Jean Stewart (9660-6702) or Lawrence Gibbons (0425-218-960)