Grape growers fuming over truck bypass plan
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Coonawarra vineyard owners have voiced their anger to the Wattle Range Council over plans to build a truck bypass through prime wine growing land.
A special meeting of council was held last night, to give the vineyard operators a chance to voice their objections to the plans.
The president of the Coonawarra Grapegrowers Associations, Stuart Sharman, says alternatives bypass routes have been suggested to council.
"There's approximately seven-and-a-half hectares that would be affected of grape growing country," he said.
"The Coonawarra Grapegrowers have presented an alternative route for a number of years now that would actually incorporate moving heavy vehicles out of Coonawarra and Penola together."
