BY GOYA BENNETT

04 Aug, 2010 12:00 AM

“ONLY 2 per cent of residents support the Williamstown towers proposal, results from a door-to-door survey conducted by the Save Williamstown lobby group has revealed.

The survey sought residents' views on the Nelson Place Village proposal for the former Port Phillip Woollen Mill site, which includes four residential towers, ranging from seven to 16 storeys.

Of those surveyed, 98per cent (339 respondents) said they did not support the developer's proposal for a 46.5-metre tower including 412 dwellings.

Of those surveyed, 97per cent believed Planning Minister Justin Madden should be held to his comments made in a press release that existing height and heritage controls would remain.

Ninety per cent thought the public transport and road network would not be able to cope with extra peak-hour users, and 95per cent said the development would negatively impact on traffic and parking availability.

Save Williamstown spokesman Godfrey Moase said the survey results should send a clear message to the developer.

"We can say confidently that less than 4per cent of the whole population of the Williamstown-Newport peninsula, from North Road to the Riffle Range, support what the developer is trying to do in Williamstown.........”

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