Bulldozing roads through biodiversity.
NSW does it, but India does it better:

6 Lane Highway pushing though the web of life, drone view
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTLwtr0ssvg

Raipur Visakhapatnam Expressway Update | Expressways in India | Papa Construction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYZixOLy6Y0
#roads #highways #BellingeLogging #Roads #GlenifferRoad #forest #habitat #wildlife #biodiversity #extinction makers

Stop logging native forests in a climate and biodiversity emergency Pt 2

It is not ok to do industrial logging in a biodiversity crisis.
It is not ok to kill our atmosphere
It is not ok to kill the diversity of life on the planet.

Electrifying heavy-duty vehicles could reduce environmental inequalities
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-electrifying-heavy-duty-vehicles-environmental-inequalities.html

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01219-0
Camilleri, S.F., et al, Air quality, health and equity implications of electrifying heavy-duty vehicles, Nature Sustainability (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41893-023-01219-0.

https://www.dcceew.gov.au/climate-change/international-commitments
Australia is party to the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement came into force in 2016. It was a major step forward in international efforts to address climate chang

Climate Change Detection and Attribution?
https://archive.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/ch9s9-1-2.html

#FossiFuel #machinery #HDVs #trucks #pollution #exposure AirQuality #externalities #OneHealth #NSWLogging #logging #BellingLogging #Bellingen #RosesRoad #GlenifferRoad #Climate #GHG #SaveTuckersNob

Monopolising and overusing residential roads for the purpose of industrial extraction.

For over half a year they made a highway out of the scenic Gleniffer Road so that the forest ' stuff' can be extracted and monetised before all that 'bush' is possibly declared a Koala National Park.

When Gleniffer Road was closed and traffic went along Roses Rd., the steep and bendy road was smashed into bits by overuse in the last seven month.

Almost on a daily basis various fossil fuel trucks and machinery patch the damage with small fossil fuel 'bandages' and widen the shoulders so that they can accommodate the machinery of (forest) destruction.

Stop logging native forests
Stop logging the homes of biodiversity

#GlenifferRoad #RosesRoad #BellingenLogging #forests #NativeForests #LoggingImpacts #roads #Bellingen #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #climate #FossilFuel

Killer roads prevent fossil fuel free mobility

"...Most transport funding goes towards building wider and longer roads “embedding car dependency” – which leads to more driving and ultimately more congestion."

"Thirty-five cyclists were killed on Australia’s roads last year, slightly down on the 10-year average of 38.5. About half of those were aged 40 to 64, and most were men, according to the Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare statistics show 14,796 bike riders were hospitalised in 2021-22."

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/sep/01/covid-cycling-boom-has-ended-with-just-one-third-of-australians-riding-in-2023
#Bellingen #NSW #roads #speed #CarDependency #infrastructure #GlenifferRoad #NorthBankRoad #cycling #walkability #climate #PublicHealth #mobility #MobilityDesign

@environment @Bellingen

Dr. Tim Cadman about clear felling Tuckers Nob forest, compartments 26/27, also know as the proposed Great Koala National Park.
on Coffs Coast Breakfast (start 38 min - 49 min)

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/coffscoast-breakfast/coffs-coast-breakfast/102768584

Some points mentioned:

The impacts of clear felling on koalas and wildlife.
Koalas and other wildlife are 'blind' to so called 'plantation' labels or old growth forests.
The proposed logging period also overlaps with the 'vulnerable to extinction' marsupials' breeding season. ( September and February)
The noise, trucks, dust, fires, smoke, pesticides of industrial logging operations making the area unlivable for all living beings.
Possibly an uninhabitable scenic Gleniffer for approx. 2 - 5 years due to being tuned into an industrial site.
The short notice to (some) residents.
The undemocratic nature of non-consultation.
The fobbing off to a FCNSW website.

At approx. 47 min FCNSW had their statement read out.

#Gleniffer #residents #Bellingen #pesticides #fires #smoke #trucks #noise#FCNSW #logging #GKNP #GreatKoalaNationalPark #wildlife #biodiversity #RosesRoad #GlenifferRoad #StopLogging #TN26/27 #SaveTuckersNob

The extraction roads they are building around Bellingen (for the last year) could be sourcing the road making materials from the NSW Hunter region which is also a koala habitat. The forests there and here are covered in dust and residents relying on water caught off their roofs are forced to drink polluted water.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-25/hunter-region-quarry-proposals-spark-environmental-concerns/102730900
#koalas #logging #quarry #StopLogging #NativeForest #BellingenLogging #roads #traffic #dust #pollution #water #Bellingen #WaterTanks #RosesRd #GlenifferRoad #SaveTuckersNob

#NSWForestry hides the existence of original forest inside its plantations by obscuring it, or re-classification. The objective: log it, certify it, claim it's plantation. Why? Because you can clear-fell plantation and don't have any oversight from the EPA, and "it's just a plantation."
Dr. Tim Cadman, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgcaY8buG3Q
#SaveTuckersNob #NSWForestry #video #GKNP #biodiversity #habitat #GlenifferRoad #BellingenLogging #RemnantVegetation

On the Highway to Climate Hell
The world's infrastructure was built for a climate that no longer exists.
“We have entire cities and transportation hubs that were all built for climate that no longer exists...unprepared for the climate risks we face today."
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/08/11/climate-change-critical-infrastructure-heat-flood-energy-transportation-housing/

Recent road 'upgrades' in #Bellingen had logging and tourist supply chains in mind. All roads were extended with a lot of deforestation, heavy machinery using fossil fuels and cement. A climate and biodiversity disaster. Non provide for an infrastructure walking, cycling or e-mobility.

#Bellingen #roads #GlenifferRoad #NorthBankRoad #RosesRd #FossilFuel #logging #infrastructure #climate

Redesigning roads and intersections to put humans first – The Bellingen case

Bellingen just 'upgraded' Gleniffer Road (The $5.2M “gate way to the Promised Land”) and NorthBankRoad. Both put fossil fuel vehicles first and forgot emission free mobility for people.
But cyclists and foot traffic deserve the same direct routes that motorists have. Elsewhere they rethink transport planning to promote safer cycling and walking options. Another missed opportunity to put Bellingen on the map for pollution free country cruising.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-29/pushing-bikes-in-the-car-capital/102659800
#Bellingen #PromisedLand #traffic #GlenifferRoad #WaterfallWay #NorthBankRoad #Roads #RoadUpgrades #FossilFuel #Infrastructure #tourism #network #so50s #cars #addiction #Ebikes #cycling #CyclePaths #Climate

Rezoning land willy-nilly
NSW government faces calls to abandon 'secret' rezoning pathway for housing developments.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-13/councils-condemn-housing-development-rezoning-nsw/102469134
#NSW #Rezoning #Infrastructure #Bellingen #Roads #GlenifferRoad

Running red lights
Sacrifice Roses Road to beautify Gleniffer Road?
After six month of #detour on #RosesRoad motorists have just become oblivious to the the forest of signs. Drivers are more impatient and aggressiv on the narrow, steep and bendy roads. #Speeding of trucks and cars has become normal.
It is cheap to crowd a small road with signs and do no policing. Now that many 'run the red light' on a daily bases, it is just a matter of time before a #crash takes place. The road is made #unsafe and cracked open by overuse. A sacrifice so that #GlenifferRoad is fit for logging trucks and the tourist stream.
#Bellingen #Climate #Dust #Pollution #BellingenLogging #Roads #Cars #RoadTrauma

Electric city bus sales overtake diesel in Europe in 2023. This marks the first time that a #ZeroEmission technology has become dominant in a road transport sector in Europe.
Phase out internal combustion engines.!

https://theicct.org/electric-buses-europe-may23/
#ClimateAction #EVs #Buses
Image: Heavy #FossilFuel #Traffic on the tiny #UnnamedCreek bridge #Bellingen #RosesRoad #GlenifferRoad #Roads made #Unsafe ##CountryRoads

"Evidence of forests being actively converted by #NSWForestry to #plantations"

#GlenifferRoad #BellingenLogging (0.47min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgcaY8buG3Q&list=PLn1vW7WnPl5swXpnBK6buEg2d4a0QOZz5&index=6

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn1vW7WnPl5swXpnBK6buEg2d4a0QOZz5
all videos by Tim Cadman
#TuckersNob #NativeForest #Logging #Biodiversity #Koalas #Bellingen #Roads #detour

Urban traffic noise causes song learning deficits in #birds
“#Traffic #noise leads to inaccuracies and delays in the development of song learning in young birds. They also suffer from a suppressed immune system, which is an indicator of chronic stress. A new study by researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology and colleagues shows that young zebra finches, just like children, are particularly vulnerable to the effects of noise because of its potential to interfere with learning at a critical developmental stage.”
https://www.mpg.de/16889599/0511-orni-urban-traffic-noise-causes-song-learning-deficits-in-birds-154562-x

Traffic noise disrupts vocal development and suppresses immune function
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351534211_Traffic_noise_disrupts_vocal_development_and_suppresses_immune_function

#Birds #Roads #Cars #Chronic #Stress #Learning impairments #Language #Deficits #Immunity #Anthropogenic #Noise #Pollution #GlenifferRoad #RosesRd
Image: Bellingen mural

More roads will bring more #FossilFuel tourists.
Imagine being on the Waterfall Way Scenic #Drive in #Bellingen and you can not charge your electric vehicle.

“The 185 kilometre Waterfall Way scenic drive links Coffs harbour and Armidale, passing rainforest, river valleys and waterfalls, including New England and #Dorrigo National Parks”.
https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/north-coast/coffs-harbour-area/bellingen/attractions/waterfall-way-scenic-drive

“Popular getaway towns reliant on #tourism are struggling to deal with a surge in visitors driving electric vehicles. Businesses rush to install electric vehicle charging to keep tourists coming back"Imagine showing up in a petrol car and you had to wait an hour and a half to fill up your car. You just wouldn't do it.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-26/businesses-rush-to-install-electric-vehicle-charging/102246716

"Gleniffer Road provides access between Gleniffer and Bellingen as well as access to the popular #TouristDestination of the #PromisedLand and the #NeverNeverRiver. #GlenifferRoad is also a key #detour route to the Dorrigo Plateau when Waterfall Way is closed."
https://www.bellingen.nsw.gov.au/Services/Major-Projects-Capital-Works/Major-Projects-RoadBridge-works/Roads/Gleniffer-Road
#Energy #FossilFuel #Roads #50sEngineering #EV #Access #WaterfallWay #ScenicDrive #Climate

Nothing to see here!

#Bellingen clear felling at #GlenifferRoad update.

Road diversion for four month, also known as 'road improvements'. Meanwhile #RosesRd is used as a highway is overused and cracking up.

#BellingenLogging #Deforestation #Biodiversity #GKNP #Koala #Forests

Amongst the #Bellingen #Silence
a small whisper
in the form of public art
engraved on a beautified town installation
reads:

#Logging #BellingenLogging #GlenifferRoad #Biodiversity

Yet again - the air is filled with toxic PM2.5 from smoke. Strange coincident to have a fire on the closed #GlenifferRoad on a Sunday...
Working hard to make #Bellingen unlivable.

https://bellingen.disasterdashboards.com/light/dashboard/fire
Fire, Gleniffer Rd, Bellingen, NSW 2454

https://www.bellingen.nsw.gov.au/Services/Major-Projects-Capital-Works/Major-Projects-RoadBridge-works/Roads/Gleniffer-Road
Gleniffer Road closed between Roses Road North and Roses Road South intersections from 9 January 2023 - Late April 2023
#Bushfire #Smoke #Bellingen #Roads #Downgrade #Gleniffer #Pollution #Health #Safety #RoadConstruction #Impacts