The Tasmanian Greens welcome news that the AFL/AFLW High Performance Centre will not go ahead on the Rosny Parklands or Charles Hand Park sites in Clarence.
This is a win for the Clarence community, who roundly rejected the building of the High Performance Centre across Rosny Parklands and Charles Hand Park in an elector poll. These vital greenspaces can continue to be used by the community.
This decision would not have happened without the incredible work from the Save Rosny Parklands group and community members. They worked tirelessly to save these parklands for communities into the future, and we thank and congratulate them.
We hope the Clarence City Council will renew its planned City Heart Plan, which envisioned Rosny Parklands and Charles Hand Park as the centre of an open green-space network for the community. The medium density housing, the arts and culture precinct, sports courts and edible gardens planned for the parks can now go ahead.
With the High Performance Centre to be built at Kingston, the Liberal Government must ensure that this community – and communities everywhere – are better consulted going forward on the use of public spaces.
