KALAMUNDA REGION

Hills Issues
This section umbrellas issues regarding developments in The Perth Hills Kalamunda region.
More will be added as they come to light. If you feel an issue or group should be included please contact us: info@saveperthhills.org

Nature Reserves Preservation group of Kalamunda (NRPG)
Support for the Perth Hills Bill
Dialogue with The City Needed - (View the details)

The Eastern Sub-Station
Western Power propose to build an electrical sub-station in the Kalamunda/Mundaring area of the Perth Hills. Initially they will develop a 4 hectare site to contain a switchyard, however according to them, this has the potential to expand to a total of 20 hectares including another switchyard as well as transformers. Then there will be the giant power towers stretching across the forest, necessitating clear-cutting hundreds of acres of native trees and bush.

Why would they need such over-capacity in the Hills? Water Corp. is proposing a huge drinking water treatment plant for Mundaring far exceeding local needs. The EMRC is under developer pressure to build a sewage treatment plant on the Red Hill Tip site. Put it all together and it looks like someone is planning a massive suburb in one of the most ecologically sensitive areas in the state. .
[VISIT the Web site on this issue] or [Sign the petition]