Petition To Open Lakeside

[giant]

ALSO DONE

[Mr-Toy33]

w00t!

number 1809 to sign it.

[boostn32]

DONE 1826

[60dzl]

a couple of friends signed it too. now up to 1883

[Konrad]

Done

[Oblivion]

1887. Done.

[pear]

done 1899

[NA_R33]

no need to sign it nemore guys, it has been confirmed lakeside is beeing re-opened as a historic and club racing circuit....

[gtr660hp]

cool- I signed anyway #1902

[WiZardOz]

no need to sign it nemore guys, it has been confirmed lakeside is beeing re-opened as a historic and club racing circuit....

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Where can I read about this re-opening ???

I have read the EOI and it looked to me like just another step in the process of closing it down, the existing site reports contained in the document indicated to me that sh*tloads of money would need to be spent to make it a viable option to re-open

I want it open .. only 10 minutes up the road from my place

[hrd-hr30]

I didn't know the EOI was part of the condition of an agreement with QLD Heritage Council to have Lakeside's Heritage protection removed until I looked into it further. I thought the EOI was as Council stated - looking for interested parties to run the facility for the communities use.

This is the actual state of affairs at the moment, and it's not terribly promising:

The QHC (QLD Heritage Council) made an agreement with PRSC (Pine Rivers Shire Council) in the Planning and Environment Court of QLD, to deregister Lakeside Raceway from the Heritage Listing in order to help PRSC find a suitable use for this site with the community.

There were a number of conditions to this agreement, including a deadline for PRSC to seek expressions of interest from the comunity as to its future use. That has happened now, and PRSC have until the 29th of March to advise QHC in writing of the outcome of the EOI process. So we will soon hear more about it from QHC and/or LMRE (lakeside MOtor Racing Enthusiasts).

There is unfortunately no commitment in the agreement from PRSC to actually take any action after the EOI, to actually give the community the use of the facility as per the spirit of the agreement. And the site is only protected until May 2010 at this stage.

So any re-opening is by no means guaranteed, and wether it would include motorsport use if it does re-open is also not guaranteed.

[SirSkyline]

1908 done

[Stephen22]

I am in~~

[Konrad]

Its a noble thought but i have to say i doubt it will relive its former glory cost to much for repairs, maintenance, public liability insurance blah blah....

[NA_R33]

ill stand by my comment im sorry you guys dont believe me but there is no reason y i would lie or post up bs information.

They are in the final stages and all they basically have left to do is decide on a tender to run the track. I have my sources take what u like from that.

[hrd-hr30]

maybe you should have a read of the agreement PRSC signed with QHC in the Planning and Environment Court. This was the outcome of PRSC appealing the heritage listing of Lakeside.http://www.lakesideraceway.com/p&e_court_agreement.htm

Yes there was an EOI which just closed, but that was a requirement of this agreement PRSC signed to get Lakeside off the Heritage Register. They HAD to do it to achieve their goal of getting the protection lifted from the site. Now that they have done that, there is absolutely nothing binding PRSC to do anything more than that, apart from advise the QHC of the outcome of the EOI process by 29th of March.

I hope you are right and that it is about to re-open, but the fact is PRSC bought the place to shut it down, and have never even showed any interest, let alone made any commitment, to re-opening it for motorsport.

Call me a cynic, but I think now that PRSC have completed their obligations under the agreement, and have won their appeal to have Lakeside removed from the Heritage register, they can get on withthe business of closing the place down. And in 4 years time they can take the bulldozers in.

I know a few people around the place on CAMS State Council, in PRSC, in the Historic Racing Car Club etc, and I haven't heard any rumours of this re-opening being imminent.

Edited February 19, 2006 by hrd-hr30