Save Nowergup Lake Rally

Lynn is pictured here at the recent rally to Save Nowergup Lake.  Hundreds of residents, politicians and local councillors were rallying to stop a limestone quarry and concrete batching plant being built less than 400 metres from the Nowergup Lake, the deepest permanent wetland left on the Swan Coastal Plain.

Limestone WA plans to appeal against a local council decision which stops it from building the quarry on Waneroo Road, near Neerabup. 

Last year the Wanneroo council rejected the application and in April it voted to introduce a new 'landscape enhancement zone' which would stop the quarry being built.

Planning Minister John Day says he cannot intervene to stop the project because it is in the hands of the State Administrative Tribunal.

Residents, including Mark Zagar, believe the quarry will ruin neighbouring Lake Nowergup.

"It's just quite simply in the wrong spot. We're not against mining, this one is just simply in the wrong spot," he said.

Local residents are concerned the area will become a series of huge quarry holes with noise and plumes of lime dust covering the Lake Valley. They are also worried that dangerous heavy haulage trucks will be hurtling through their neighbourhood for the next 30 years.

Pristine Lake Nowergup has been described as a natural jewel in the crown asset of the Northern Corridor. It is:

• The deepest permanent freshwater lake in the metro area
• One of only 3 lakes left on the coastal dune system
• One of the largest biodiversities left in the Metro area
• Home to an old growth Tuart forest, majestic 40m high, 300 year old trees

The Tribunal will make a decision next month.