Perth driveway to be ripped up by Joondalup Council

A man fights to prevent the council from destroying his driveway, which is in good condition and has been used without problem for 13 years.

Len White, who has occupied the house in the northern Perth suburb of Burns Beach since 2016, told Daily Mail Australia that what the council is threatening amounts to “hooliganism”.

The council sent Mr. White a letter in November claiming that his driveway was “not up to standard” and would have to be demolished 60cm from the driveway by January 23rd to be redone with curbs on the side of the driveway. road.

They want to come and tear it apart, so why? It’s an absolute disgrace,” White said.

I have a very nice house and a very nice driveway that has no cracks.

‘I’d be willing to pay money to leave the damn thing alone.’

White said that since he responded to the council questioning the decision, he had been in a heated conversation with the mayor of the city of Joondalup, Albert Jacob, about “bureaucratic overreach”.

Mr White says he has been in heated discussions with the mayor of the city of Joondalup, Albert Jacob (pictured), over plans to redevelop his entrance.

Cr Jacob allegedly hung up on Mr. White at one point, but is still trying to win him over by pointing out driveways that the council has redone on a nearby street.

But they have not impressed Mr. White.

“All the so-called compatible pathways of entry have been cracked,” he said.

‘It looks horrible, the level of workmanship is even worse than the original.

“There are little weeds growing in the cracks from the work they’ve done for people, who are obviously upset.”

The council maintains that a driveway without curbs will not prevent water from running under it and moving the soil.

According to Mr. White, that is ‘nonsense’.

“He’s been there for 13 years and he’s still the same,” he said.

‘If there is a problem, it is that asphalt expands more with heat than concrete.

Mr White lives in the north Perth suburb of Burns Beach (pictured), where he says council work is generally an inferior replacement for what was there previously.

“Also the problem is trucks and heavy equipment going on the road, which is frequent.

On all supported driveways the curbs are all broken and mine is not.

Mr. White pointed out that a parking lot on his street looked the same as his driveway, but the council isn’t insisting it be redone.

“They say it’s commercial that doesn’t count,” White explained.

Mr. White claims to have documents from the time his home was built in 2010 showing that the crossing section of the driveway met the requirements.

However, the council says the rules changed in 2016.

Mr White said that if there was a crack between his driveway and the tarmac, it would be better to reseal the driveway to fill it that way along with other ‘non-conforming’ crossing sections.

“That’s the much simpler and more cost-effective way to do it.” he said.

“They’re just going to replace concrete with concrete.”