RESIDENTS have reported bulldozers knocking down mature gum trees at the Anderson dam at the corner of Greenbank and Teviot Road, Greenbank.
A bulldozer was working on the corner and several trees were stacked in open view by 11am.
As many as three other piles of felled vegetation were scattered across the property and could be seen from the corner.
The engineered dam, part of the old Anderson farm, was built in the mid-1960s but, over time, has become home to birds and water fowl.
The dam was part of an old farm considered a landmark by Greenbank residents and symbol of rural residential life in a world of encroaching development.
A farm house sat on a rise overlooking 481 hectares that will become a new suburb of up to 3300 residential homes was split. It was placed on the back of a truck and moved to New Beith this week.
Developers Mirvac will deliver ammenities that include an 85 hectare conservation parkland linked to existing Logan City Council owned conservation land via extended walking trails, approximately 25 hectares of regional sports and recreation parks and neighbourhood and linear parks.
The development has State Goverment approval and has been in the pipeline since 2015.
Residents said they had mail just a day earlier from the developers saying concerns expressed in an April consultation meeting would be taken into account with no mention of today’s start date.
Main concerns included the fact wildlife spotters that could call if they animals in distress and needing help was based in New South Wales.
Mirvac Greenbank have been contacted for comment.
