SOUTH Dubbo residents do not want a future bridge to muddy the waters as they fight zoning changes.
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Homeowner Rosslyn Joseph said a low-level crossing across the Macquarie River at Tamworth Street was not part of the proposal that would allow multi-dwelling housing and other uses in her long-established neighbourhood.
The future bridge and its location had prompted debate at a public meeting attended by an estimated 400 people last week.
Mrs Joseph was at the meeting convened by Dubbo City Council, the author of the South Dubbo Housing Choice Planning Proposal.
Yesterday she urged fellow residents not to include the planned bridge at Tamworth Street in their submissions.
The bridge was also a topic a fellow South Dubbo resident returned to yesterday as he campaigned for "probity, transparency and clarity".
Planning proposal opponent Steve Hodder yesterday called on the council to provide a list of information to residents about the planning proposal process.
"For the purpose of probity, transparency and clarity regarding the South Dubbo Housing Choice submission process, I request Dubbo City Council publish a set of explanatory guidelines informing all residents how this public consultation will be conducted," he said in a letter to the council general manager.
Of the numerous points Mr Hodder sought clarification about, one was what should not be included in a submission.
" ...will issues pertaining to matters outside the proposed rezoning boundaries such as the effect of increased traffic flows from the new Tamworth Street bridge have any bearing in the South Dubbo Housing Choice public submission assessment," he said in the letter.
"If not, why not?"
Mr Hodder had also asked about the process at the public meeting.
Mayor Mathew Dickerson had told the crowd then that a future business paper would have every submission attached in full, as well as a summary.
He also said people were welcome to come to the council meeting.
Should the council adopt the planning proposal, it would then go to the state government for approval.
Mr Hodder said in his letter the mayor's explanation had been informative "and appreciated" but he contested verbal explanations could soon be forgotten or pieces of information misinterpreted.
He urged the council to publish the guidelines for distribution in print, radio, television and online media.
