Living near two Crown Land properties will no longer be a fire risk for a group of Ulladulla residents.
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The residents, for the past few months, have been trying to get basic maintenance work, like fire hazard reduction, done on two blocks of lands in Ulladulla.
The two at-risk properties are located at 44 Church Street and between 68 North Street and the Ulladulla Police Station.
The Department of Planning Industry and Environment will undertake work to address the residents' concerns.
An officer will also inspect the sites next week.
All the residents will be happy that their issues would be finally fixed.
A neighbouring resident of 44 Church Street, where the Girl Guides Hall stands, contacted the Milton Ulladulla Times about the block's issues this week.
The resident raised the matter with the department in December.
The resident said 44 Church Street was poorly maintained and had no hazard reduction work, particularly under trees, done on it.
The resident added work crews were not doing what the Department of Planning Industry and Environment had claimed they did.
"The gutters are falling off and are still full of debris," the resident said.
The resident gets nervous and panics because he fears there is going to be a fire.
"It's a scary scenario," the resident said.
The resident has been trying to get work done on the block for weeks.
"If it's not tidied up and it will catch fire," the resident said.
This is a response from the Department of Planning Industry and Environment regarding 44 Church Street.
The department engages contractors to maintain 44 Church Street on a monthly basis.
The block was last mown last week on February 11.
A contractor is currently being engaged to clean the gutters on the Girl Guide Hall.
Two trees have been removed on the resident's fence-line and another two trees and a stump will soon be removed.
The North Street issue
The residents near 68 North Street, just West of the Ulladulla Police Station, are facing similar issues.
The land between 68 North Street and Police station is overgrown and full of invasive weeds like Japanese Honeysuckle, lantana and blackberries.
Such plants are listed on Shoalhaven City Council's invasive weeds list.
Property owners in 68 North Street are having to trim the plants from growing through or over fences.
They are also scared of fire hazards after this summer's horrendous bushfires and say the Department of Planning Industry and Environment won't do anything about it.
They're mainly older residents and struggle with the maintenance, especially as it's not their plants.
This is what the department will do regarding 68 North Street.
A contractor will be engaged to mow the area and also conduct weed control.
The department will continue to monitor conditions on the two blocks.