Stop wall construction and reclamation of Webber Esplanade, Cooktown

Eligibility - Queensland residents
Principal Petitioner:
Elizabeth Kay Maguire
36 Hope Street
Cooktown Qld 4895
Total Signatures - 225
Sponsoring Member: Rosa Lee Long MP
Posting Date: 8/8/2007
Tabled Date: 8/8/2007
Responded By: Hon Craig Wallace MP on 7/9/2007
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
This petition of Residents of the State of Queensland draws to the attention of the House the publicly announced plans of the Cook Shire Council to carry out rock wall construction and land reclamation on Cooktown's foreshore. This work is planned for the Endeavour River, namely on Webber Esplanade from the Powder Magazine building to the Game Fishing Club lease. This work poses grave threats to the environment of Australia's most historic river including interfering with iconic barramundi breeding grounds, threatening the navigable channel and the marine environment. It will also destroy a number of small natural beaches and replace them with a vertical wall of jagged rock. Your petitioners therefore request the House to stop the rock wall construction and reclamation of Webber Esplanade, Cooktown as a matter of urgency.