One morning in May 2018.
Melbourne West Yarraville.
Aunt (Francesca Maiorano), 62, found a strange letter in her mailbox.
It was sent from government, Victoria, informing her that the subsea tunnel project in government, the state, would cut through 15 metres underground of her house.
Aunt Xi Shi was at once restless.
Under my house? And the car? What does that mean? Does it affect my house?
Then she saw that the whole neighborhood was reading the same letter.
Aunt Ferransch, just worried about her house. (image from the Age) Photo: Jason South
A long underground tunnel, through many parts of Melbourne, through hundreds of residents underground.
It crept through the house 15 metres below. And encounter the commercial building, simply in the depth of 5 meters.
To her displeasure, the highway minister also made it clear that "no compensation will be made".
In order to solve the serious traffic jam of the West Gate Bridge, the state government started the requisition procedure for the first time, expropriated the "underground space" of hundreds of properties, built a subsea tunnel, two-way 6-lane, and will charge fees.
Transurban’s WestGate Tunnel will see twin three-lane tunnels built under Yarraville, from theWest Gate Freeway to just before the Maribyrnong River.
Victoria Highway Secretary Luke teased you through (LukeDonnellan), by issuing a legal notice that expropriated the underground rights of 260 properties, more than 100 of which were homes and would not provide any compensation.
You made holes under my house, and you didn`t ask my permission?
You build tunnel tolls in my house underground, and the money you charge is not my share?!
Australian law does not say: my house under the land, children and generations are mine, but also sacred and inviolable?
So at 15 meters deep, the land doesn`t belong to me? Who wants to do what they want?
The West Gate Bridge is so congested that it has plagued the state of government and commuters. Recently, the state government finally passed a resolution to invest in the construction of a subsea tunnel.
It`s pretty scary to think about it.
What if the criminals dig under my house? Is it reasonable to be "non-infringing"?!
State government immediately held a briefing, explaining that it was a "long sleeping bill."
In 2009, the then Labour Party, Nelson government, passed the law-< The MajorTransport Projects Facilitation Act >-intended to build the "East-West Corridor" (the East West Link). Unexpectedly, as soon as the law was made, the Labour Party was elected before it began. The matter was left there.
This time, when the state government was preparing to repair the West Gate subsea tunnel, to dig holes under the ground and scratch the face of the common people, the state government legal team suddenly remembered: there is also such a law!
The dark red strip in the picture is the area affected by the expropriation of underground space by the Ximen subsea tunnel.
State government put it: when you got a real estate certificate before 1891, it was stipulated-your land rights, all the way to the middle of the planet. It`s the core of the earth. It`s all magmatic.
But, I`m sorry, if your land lease was acquired after 1892, the depth of the land right is only 50 meters, and in some places it is 15 meters.
Landtitles created prior to 1891 went to the centre of the earth, while thoseissued after that year went to only 50 feet - or around 15 metres.
You read it right, and I wrote it right-the state government said 1891.
Your house in Melbourne, the ground under the house, although nearly 200 years, has changed countless owners; but the title, has been only one. So, you have to see your current house, the title is not before 1891.
If so, you have a share in the tumbling magma of the earth.
In the event of a day when your magma, Kududo, erupts from a volcano in Malaysia or anywhere, you can find them to go, and if an island pops out of the sea in Japan, you can sue the emperor. If there`s evidence.
Ancient deeds of land, in today`s controversy, still play an important legal role.
Two weeks ago, in a letter to Sisch`s mother and neighbors, he told her / them that the land on the soles of their feet-further down-is now owned by government!
And tell them: you may be compensated if you can prove that digging a hole in your foot could lead to financial losses.
This district resident asked for a lawyer, said: you government such expropriation, may lead to a decline in house prices ah! Isn`t that a loss?!
The publisher of the project hastily argued, "that`s not necessarily!" Now Melbourne, City Loop, CityLink and EastLink, these three underground tunnels, above the important real estate, more, which one of the house prices have not dropped!
So, homeowners, rest assured.
The homeowners, who had been hollowed under their feet, had two years to decide whether to claim compensation.
The big guy will work at the feet of these residents.
Slater and Gordon, is the world`s only listed lawyer building on the stock exchange, specializing in various compensation cases. One of his partners said:
"residents of this block must be worried about the devaluation of their homes. But government seems to have deliberately fumbled and fooled the common people.
A 74-year-old Mr. George, who lives on Gray Street, said that he was "very angry" with "bloody furious." Because his house, it`s an old-fashioned wooden house, (weatherboard). He also called a lawyer, assessed the situation, and said, "leave it alone-break my house, and I`ll pay them for (government) in a minute!" Not a penny less!
Is this correspondence and complaint or something?
Wooden houses in Australia. Weatherboard. The price of this kind of house is lower than that of brick house.
Another spokeswoman for the project immediately retorted and pacified civilians: government`s so-called requisition began 15 metres deep. More than 15 meters is still the legitimate property of homeowners. You can still dig the wine cellar, the swimming pool, the basement, whatever! "
She excavated another angle to persuade the common people. As soon as our tunnel is completed, she says, traffic jams through the western part of the city will naturally be diverted. In this way, your house prices, not only will not fall, but will appreciate ah!
Just look!
Ximen subsea tunnel project schematic map.
However, the Flemish lady, is not concerned about devaluation not devaluation. She was worried: don`t settle down in the house.
I have lived here for 40 years, and my house has been around for more than 100 years, she said. If you dig a tunnel, like this, my house will last another 100 years?!
The West Gate Bridge, and the houses around it.
However, there is still a drop of awareness among the common people.
George`s neighbor, Mustafa, was in a stable mood. He said:
It`s time to come. It always comes. I`ve lived here for more than 40 years, and the house hasn`t collapsed. The traffic in and out of town west of Melbourne is really too bad. It`s time to do something and work it out.
This traffic is not solved, some people scolded government;
Solve the traffic, moved another part of the cheese, and others scolded government.
Speaking of the common people of, government, it is not easy.
But it`s interesting to know, through this, that the land you bought, and the depth of the claim, is a little interesting. A rule society, there will be a lot of fun and useful rules, need to know.
