Council
proposes to widen the southern side of the Abercrombie Street footpath from Ivy
to Codrington, undergrounding power lines, providing improved lighting and,
after the high turnout, hopefully providing brick paving rather than asphalt.
Local residents took the opportunity to push Council for a more village-like
treatment dealing with both sides of the road, improved maintenance on Charles
Kernan Reserve and pointing out that Council also needed to address the
pedestrians’ issues from the station to the University along Lawson Street and
Little Eveleigh Street.
One
resident argued that Sydney University should contribute to the upgrade as
their students were major users of the area and the University representative
said this was not an unreasonable request and they would consider it. Probably
a good answer given the University will start discussions in December about its
revised plans for the new Abercrombie Street Business School.
Trevor
Davies was not forgotten – with support for a memorial either the “Trevor seat”
idea or possibly even a Trevor Davies Park on Abercrombie Street in the Uni
redevelopment. A barbecue in late November further supported these ideas and
relaunched an old passion of Trevor’s with a petition as the first step in a
campaign for proper access at Redfern station.
Source: South Sydney Herald December 2011 www.southsydneyherald.com.au