Sydney's Wildlife Corridor Holdup
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A group of volunteers is creating green areas to bring birds back to Sydney. But, as Elena Razzoli and Dyong Thi Huong Mai report, they're being held up by Government bureaucracy which is declining them access to the area for their next stage.
'Sydney's Wildlife Corridor Holdup' Transcript
JOURNALIST
It's a rare inner city sanctuary. Behind Pyrmont's towering buildings volunteers aged 7 to 70 are planting native trees and shrubs. Their dream is to bring back birds and other animals.
OLIVER MACGIBBON
I think planting plants is the right thing to make the place more prettier.
JOURNALIST
The volunteers have been working for more than two years. Around 80 volunteers are working to link wildlife habitats. It's the Inner West Wildlife Corridor. But the group is being held up by the Ministry of Transport. They believe it's denying them access to the Davey Flour Mill Weighbridge.
ELIZABETH ELENIUS
The continuation of the Wentworth Park Project is a little bit up in the air because the Ministry of Transport is at this stage, not giving ups access to our stage four project.
JOURNALIST
The historical weighbridge is crucial to the group's work because the old structure is one of the few remaining relicts from Pyrmont's Industrial Park. Landcare Australia and the City of Sydney support the campaign.
SASCHA DENCH
We basically need to have private landholders. We also need to have public land made available to create wildlife corridors so, there will be conflicts, but for the big 2020 picture, we need to have everybody on board.
JOURNALIST
Neither the Ministry of Transport, nor the Light Rail company say the hold up is their fault. They say it's the others responsibility. In the meantime the volunteers in Pyrmont continue to plant trees around the weighbridge.