Our houses are safe, but...

Yesterday everyone on our street received letters from our State representative, Marsha Thompson, telling us that our houses would not be demolished to make way for the new Regional Rail Link tracks.

Naturally we were relieved. But as the day wore on, we learned of the other houses in Footscray that would be demolished. Their owners learned of this through the media, rather than from their government. It's a terrible way to find out your home is going to be destroyed.

Precise details of which parts of Footscray will go are still to be released. Also, there is still very little transparency to the decision-making process, which continues to be of concern to us.

We've put together a media release on our views. We encourage everyone along the railway corridor to attend the upcoming information sessions the government are running, to find out more.

We'll probably re-jig this blog a little in the coming weeks to become something that keeps track of the long construction process that will now begin. We're still concerned about the effects of this project of Footscray and want to make sure the government does everything it can to ensure the best outcome for our community.

More information:

• Route animation
• Track routes
• Works packages (open for tender)
• Premier's media release
• Coverage in The Age