A CONTENTIOUS proposal by Mornington Peninsula Shire to charge locals for road sealing to address sedimentation runoff into the Balcombe Creek and Estuary has been dropped following overwhelming opposition. The shire had considered a 50-50 funding proposal by applying a “Mt Martha special charge scheme” to property owners near the estuary to help cover the costs of sealing dirt roads including Mark St, Gregory St and Matthew St (known as the Augusta Street group of roads) to reduce sedimentation in the Balcombe Estuary. According to a shire report, silt runoff from the unsealed roads has been “one of three leading…
Browsing: Balcombe Creek
THE Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has investigated discoloured water emanating from a drain in Mt Martha, which is believed to be linked to terracotta roof tiles being washed down at a nearby property.EPA southern metropolitan regional manager Viranga Abeywickrema confirmed officers had investigated the murky orange discolouration in Balcombe Creek at the Harrap Road crossing. The orange discolouration extended about 50 metres downstream.“It is likely to be from terracotta roof tiles being washed down, with the wash-water escaping into the stormwater system. We conducted a thorough drive around the nearby residential area but could not identify a likely source,” said…
SOUTH East Water has apologised for its second sewer spill into a natural water course on the Mornington Peninsula in four weeks but says it has not found the cause. The first sewer spill into Tanti Creek on 5 May and was followed last Wednesday (5 June) by one that flowed down Balcombe Creek into the estuary at Mount Martha.The water authority has a sewerage treatment plant at the corner of Craigie Road and Moorooduc Highway, Mount Martha. Balcombe Creek runs through that property and the neighbouring, The Briars Park. People and animal owners were advised on Wednesday not to…