Fence reduced litter, loitering
A UKI land owner is fighting to keep a fence he erected on a public road without permission.
Tweed Shire Council has given the Aults Rd man 60 days to pull down the fence, but he has claimed it is a benefit to the community.
He built the gate to stop his cattle from accessing Kyogle Rd and has found the added benefits are that littering on the eastern side of the Tweed River has been reduced and that people are no longer loitering and consuming alcohol.
Aults Rd is open to the public, and although the man doesn't keep the gate locked, the council said it suggested there was no access to the road as there was no signage to state otherwise.
The road is only 46 metres long and gives direct access to the man's property.
He put in an application to erect the gate but it was received by the council after it had been constructed.
The council claims that they have received complaints from members of the community about the position of the gate because access to the foreshore and river area has been stopped.
