Rosemary Turner, Castlemaine
Thank you to Hans Paas for the wise contribution to the Froomes Road Bridge discussion (Opinions, Mail July 8).
There are two more considerations to add to the paramount need for road safety.
First, pedestrians’ and bicycle riders’ safety – please include!
Since the on-going development of the paths in the Nature Reserve over the creek at the Botanical Gardens there is more pedestrian use of the bridge. This can be tricky, especially for those with children and/or dogs.
Second is the need to protect the boundary of our Botanical Gardens. The row of old cypress trees, kept in beautiful order by the Gardens’ staff, serves as an important part of the landscape. It is also the preferred area for shelter and feeding of the young Powerful Owls who live in our Botanical Gardens for months in the years when they breed locally. These are majestic, wild creatures, rare now, and categorised as Threatened Species.