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Re: Lakeside Raceway Q&A Open Day - Sunday, 22 May 12 midday at Lawnton Showgrounds	Sun, 22 May 2005 09:26

in a nutshell: despite the pine river shire council saying they've come to agreement to look after parts of the track fo the next five years, the Courts says there is still a legal dispute between the Council and the Heritage Listing - so the council can't claim that the track is no longer listed and is theirs for the taking - they are supposed to issue (in the next few weeks) an Expression of Interest regarding site management for the next 5 years - however there is no garuntee (and is highly unlikely ) that they will include motorsport as an activity in the EoI. the Heritage Council intends to recind the listing of the track so there is a significant risk to the track if this decision to drop heritage protection gets accepted by the courts. The shire council claim the agreement is for them to maintain the actual track and some of the building - but not for what purpose. The council intends to rezone the land if/when teh court action ends and once it looses motorsport as an accepted use then the track is gone. forever. The validity of the decision to drop the listing is dubious - but without serious legal challenge and legwork, this high suspicious actin maynot be defeatable in the courts anyway. A number of people raised issues regading the potential for the track to return to use and what kind of events could be held. Rough estimates suggest about $1M to hold CAMS sanctioned events but the venue itself is no longer suitable for things like V8supercar as it doesn't have the crow capacity and logistics support for megaevents like these. As it stands now, you could hold a sprint event if you could get appropriate insurance - the buildings might b a bit lacking in maintenance, but the actual track surface is in good condition. A number of speakers talked about the importance of submissions being made to the Heritage Council, to State Ministers, to the council etc - that they not be simple form letters as they're regarded as 'one letter' - they should be an expression of the views and feelings of the writer. If they get thousands of form letters then perhaps that will attract attention The LMRE really need your support in getting the message to your local Sate member, to the relevant Minister, to the Premier, to your local paper, to ring up talkback radio, to tell your mates and people who are motorsport enthusiasts ... that Lakeside could be up-and-running for club level events without much cost, that it would be an ideal venue for driver training and education (both commercially and for schools), that it's a safe place for younger drivers to test their skills (instead of the suburban and industrial backlots of Brisbane), that it will work with the anti-hooning legislation by keeping reducing the incidence of street-racing, that it can generate business opportinities in the region for directly related motor-sport and the support industries that venues like these foster. Dont just write one letter, keep up the volume, email and write letters. The volume of interest in the circuit is always high - several years ago when the council was seemingly interested in finding a commercial operator for the track, they received one bid from a UK outfit. Depsite the council claiming there is no interest in teh track, the LRME received emails daily from people who thing they run the track and want to hire it for racing-related events...the council revealed - via a FOI request that the LRME lodged - that they had boxes of emails and letters from people and businesses interested in using the track. i think more info will be on their website: even tho there was a smallish crowd (about 50) - about half were not LRME members and many had only recently heard about the LRMEs efforts. cheers, Charles.http://www.lakesideraceway.com/ [Report message to a moderator]

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