‘Anzac Park not car park’ e-petition on the Queensland Parliament website, sponsored by Hon Andrew Fraser MP, 5-24 November 2010 received 591 signatures.The Minister Hon Stirling Hinchliffe MP, Queensland Government Department of Infrastructure and Planning, was provided with a copy of the e-petition.
Click here for the Minister’s Response of 17 January 2011
The second last paragraph states:
On 17 December 2010, the Coordinator-General finalised assessment of the proposed project changes. In the Coordinator-General's report, the Coordinator-General refused the proposal to locate workforce parking within a section of Anzac Park. It was recommended the proponent review the project's workforce parking strategy and consider existing parking areas in the vicinity of the project site.Not mentioned in this response is that while the Coordinator-General refused BCC Legacy Way’s proposal of October 2010 the Coordinator General’s Report on Project Changes December 2010 states that the ANZAC Park site can be reconsidered:
While there is merit to the proposal and the refinements proposed by BCC provide greater detail about how the proposal’s impacts will be managed, further consideration of alternate locations is required in order to understand if locating parking elsewhere would reduce disturbance to the community while providing a workable solution for the project. The part of the project changes application that relates to the request to locate temporary car parking in a section of Anzac Park as provided in this change process is therefore refused...
Note that the Anzac Park proposal may be reconsidered in the subsequent assessment as a part of the project’s parking proposal, however the proponent is advised to consider this option only after other options have been fully explored. Additionally, it is recommended that it be considered as being used in conjunction with other parking solutions not provided in the RD (Reference Design).
This information should be provided as part of any application under section 35C of the SDPWO Act. It would be assessed by the Coordinator-General as part of a separate change process under Part 4, Division 3A of the SDPWO Act. Consultation will be undertaken at that time to ascertain community views.
Recommendation 1 also advises the proponent to undertake community consultation on its parking strategy, regardless of if a change process under the SDPWO Act occurs. (page 50-51 HERE)
Since the Coordinator-General's refusal BCC have told us that a detailed study of the ANZAC Park site will be included in BCC's detailed study of 'alternative' sites to be undertaken in early 2011.
We don’t yet have a list of the alternative sites from BCC.
Since the Coordinator-General's refusal BCC have told us that a detailed study of the ANZAC Park site will be included in BCC's detailed study of 'alternative' sites to be undertaken in early 2011.
We don’t yet have a list of the alternative sites from BCC.
I don't like this tunnel proposal. The Clem 7 is losing more money than the operator's worst fears. And now Brisbane has to pay a rather large sum of money to help recover from the floods.
ReplyDeleteI love public infrastructure, and gutsy decisions about transport networks, but is burrowing under Auchenflower and Paddington at great expense really the best solution?
How many undersubscribed toll tunnels can Brisbane afford?
Thousands of people have just lost their homes to floods, in shocking circumstances, for utterly no benefit. Now it's time for a few hundred people to give up their homes to accommodate a few widened roads, a busway and cycleway, at ground level, for the greater good of Brisbane's inner west and all who traverse it.