What options did the Trust consider?
• The Trust has always favoured a solution that will reduce noise and visual impact while retaining the connection between the Royal Botanic Gardens and the Domain. All options include raising the height of the timber fence along the Royal Botanic Gardens to 4 m (this will be barely visible from the expressway and inside the Gardens due to existing plantings) and attaching a transparent barrier to the existing picket fence near the Tropical Centre. • For the Domain side, our Board of Trustees gave approval last year for a 2.5 m high, 250 m long, sandstone wall, as did the Heritage Office. It was considered a good solution to reducing the noise and visual impact of the expressway, and was one of the options put to the community during our period of public consultation. • A transparent wall option (made of glass and metal) was raised in some stakeholder workshops we held towards the end of 2004. The Trust considered the transparent walls a reasonable alternative but they do have some lim
