Published in Westender on 3 February 2008
‘When debating city planning four years ago candidate Campbell Newman declared: “[the community] wants choice. The prescriptive way will lead to bad outcomes” (12 February 2004).
The West End Community Association (WECA) calls on Council & Lord Mayor Newman to: scrap that pitiful draft Kurilpa Plan document and take up the community’s vision.
Public comment on the Brisbane City Council’s draft plan closed on Friday 1 February. The draft structure plan offers City Hall’s view for the future of South Brisbane for the next twenty years.
‘Architects and urban planning experts agree that the document is a flaccid proposal,‘ said WECA President Darren Godwell.
‘City Council proposes to plonk the population equivalent of Gympie (15,000 - 20,000 extra people) into a pocket of South Brisbane,’ said Mr Godwell, ‘with little of the infrastructure needed to maintain a sound quality of life for such a massive increase in population.’
‘City Hall has made no provision for schools, child care centres, civic places, green spaces or parks. There is no commitment to housing key workers, there is no planning for affordable housing and there is no provision within this redevelopment for essential services –ambulance, police, fire.’
‘Nor is there any additional provision of effective, efficient mass transport,’ said Mr Godwell.
“Since 2001 WECA has solicited public & community views on how local leadership should lead local development. This vision for the area formerly known as Peel Street Structure Plan has been presented to City Hall again.”
Its time to get smart about Brisbane’s continued development.
See original article for WECA’s Vision for the Peel Street Precinct
About WECA
The West End Community Association (WECA) is a non-profit, non-aligned, incorporated association of residents advancing the neighbourhood’s liveability. WECA also sponsors many community initiatives.
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