Start: 2015-07-02T22:00:00
End: 2015-07-03T00:00:00
Location: Factory Community Centre 67 Raglan St Waterloo
You may have seen the article in
Saturday’s Sydney Morning Herald regarding the possibility of a new Waterloo
Railway station linked to a high rise development of the Waterloo public
housing estate – Rail war pits students against
tenants.
The next REDWatch meeting at
6pm on Thursday 2nd July will focus on the Waterloo Station
proposal. The Government parties with an interest in the site will be
represented to explain it to the community so people can understand and make
their comments on the proposals.
It is a complex proposal because
Transport for NSW is consulting on a Sydney Metro railway station at
Sydney University or in Waterloo near Cope and Botany Road probably south of
the Raglan Street shops. The City of Sydney has earlier proposed a
station in Waterloo on the airport line but this option does not seem to be on
the Transport for NSW agenda. UrbanGrowth NSW has proposed high density
redevelopment, linked to the Waterloo station, on the Land and Housing
Corporation owned Waterloo public housing estate managed by Housing NSW.
You can see the density
UrbanGrowth C2E is considering with a Waterloo station in this slide from a
recent UrbanGrowth Community consultation – Indicative
Density Central to Eveleigh May 30 2015. Note the new development which is
not on public housing land between Cope and Botany Road – this is where a
Waterloo station is expected.
Representatives from Transport
for NSW and UrbanGrowth will present at the REDWatch meeting and
representatives from other organisations will be on a panel to respond to
questions. We have also asked Prof Michael Darcy, who is experienced in
engagement with public housing communities, to participate as an independent
expert.
This will be your opportunity to
find out what is proposed so you can make comments to Transport for NSW about
the Metro proposal or to UrbanGrowth Central to Eveleigh about their urban
renewal plans. Below are the links for their current on line consultations:
·
Sydney Metro have their consultation underway until
17th July. You can see the Have your say on the University of Sydney or Waterloo Station option
and more generally Make a submission
·
UrbanGrowth NSW Central to Eveleigh is
consulting on a 10 actions including Redfern Station at http://engage.centraltoeveleigh.com.au/city_thinking_home
until Sunday 12 July 2015.
Sydney Metro says of the Waterloo Station option:
A new metro station at
Waterloo would help revitalise the Waterloo precinct and support the extension
of the CBD to the south.
It would also:
- Provide
a high quality connection with bus services along Botany Road - Provide
additional connectivity to Australian Technology Park and Redfern Station - Contribute
to the NSW Government objective to transform Waterloo and Redfern.
The metro station would also
allow further development and expansion of the Global Economic Corridor between
the Sydney CBD and Green Square.
Hope to see you at The Factory
Community Centre at 6pm on Thursday 2nd July for the discussion.
Please pass this email or the attached flyer on to others that might be
interested.