There are two clearly marked signs stating No Entry, as well as large arrows on the roadway indicating traffic may only move in the opposite direction. Those of us doing the right thing are frequently confronted by a vehicle entering against the traffic flow, or worse someone who has entered the wrong way and sits waiting or looking for a park and subsequently blocks others from reversing out and leaving.

Occasionally the perpetrators have interstate registration plates, and one can understand they may not be familiar with the area. However, I would suggest the majority of people who do this are local and should know better.

I also understand that prior to the advent of the Littleton Gardens upgrade, this was indeed a two way stretch of road. However, it is not now, and these rules have been in place for some time. The correct and only way to enter this car park is via Gowing Lane off Auckland St.

I would be happy to hear others’ views on this. I also wonder if local authorities or police can do something to address this situation. Whether one agrees with this being a one way thoroughfare or not, the bottom line is that those that continue to enter this area from Zingel Place are, under the current rules, doing so illegally, and are potentially at risk of being fined for such activity.

I suspect that many people do see the signs, but choose to enter the wrong way, as they used to be able to do so in the past. I wonder would they choose to drive down a freeway the wrong way to save a couple of minutes in getting to their destination.

I would like to provide some further facts to your readers following recent consultation in Eden for the NSW government’s Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs).

Firstly, I would like to encourage all individuals and groups to have a say and participate in the consultation process. The NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) is currently seeking feedback to assist the NSW and Commonwealth governments to determine what form the RFAs take for the sustainable management of native forests.

RFAs seek to balance economic, social and environmental needs on forests by setting obligations and commitments for forest management. 

RFAs have delivered ecologically sustainable forest management arrangements across the entire NSW forest estate, and timber supply and regulatory certainty to the forest industries sector that is valued at $2.4billion to the NSW economy and directly employs 22,000 people across the state.

There are two separate RFA consultations underway at present in NSW – a review process and a renewal process.  This consultation coincides with an extensive review being led by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) on how we are tracking in our current implementation of the RFAs. The review is independently looking at the performance over the past 10 years in delivering what the RFAs were designed to achieve. 

Feedback given to the EPA’s implementation review will help DPI to understand how we are performing under existing agreements, what the future holds for these agreements, and how we can learn from our experience over the past 20 years. This feedback will also be taken into account in the design of the renewed RFAs.

Public submissions have now closed for the review process. However I would encourage submissions on the renewal of the NSW RFAs which need to be made before 5pm on March 12 at www.dpi.nsw.gov.au.