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Redfern Station Community Option 5 Presentation Notes

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On August 6th 2019 REDWatch and Reconnect Redfern presented Transport for NSW a Community Option 5 for the Redfern Station southern concourse. These are the notes from that presentation and should be read alongside the option 5 presentation slides. The presentation argues for five major issues to be Read More…

Reconnect Redfern Campaign Facebook

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Following concerns being raised during the May 2019 southern concourse consultation about Transport for NSW’s preferred option, a campaign was launched under the name “Reconnect Redfern: quality public access for locals and station users” to push for a better solution to the option presented by TfNSW. This is the link to the Facebook page for … Read more

Redfern Station Southern Concourse Consultation until 2 June 2019

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Plans for a new southern concourse to Redfern Station have been made available for public comment. This is the first step in a State Significant Infrastructure Project process which will take a couple of years to plan and deliver a new concourse. Read More…

REDWatch response to LAHC and CoS Masterplan Proposals

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In the response below REDWatch calls for LAHC to release supporting material so that the community can understand their Preferred Masterplan. REDWatch also calls for a further consultation on the Prefered Masterplan before it is formally submitted for exhibition. Read More…

City of Sydney Waterloo Animation

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by REDWatch — last modified Mar 04, 2019 07:04 PM — History This is an animation comparing the LAHC Preferred Masterplan with the City of Sydney Council’s alternative proposal. The REDWatch website does not allow embedded video so this file produced by the City of Sydney is only available for download. https://news.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/videos/a-better-way-for-waterloo-housing-estate

Pemulwuy approval ends long housing struggle on The Block

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The Independent Planning Commission has approved the Pemulwuy Project proposal for a 24 storey student housing building along the railway line adjacent to the already approved Pemulwuy Project including 62 Affordable Housing units on The Block in Redfern. The approval means that the Aboriginal Housi Read More…

COMMISSION APPROVES HIGH-RISE STUDENT ACCOMMODATION FOR “THE BLOCK”

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The Independent Planning Commission has approved the Pemulwuy Project proposal for a 24 storey student housing building along the railway line adjacent to the already approved Pemulwuy Project 62 Affordable Housing units on The Block in Redfern. The approval means that the Aboriginal Housing Company Read More…

City releases alternate plan for Waterloo Estate

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The City of Sydney today released an alternate proposal for the NSW Government’s redevelopment of the Waterloo Housing Estate, calling on the Government to scrap their current plan and hand planning control of the site back to the City of Sydney. The media release is below. Read More…

Redfern Station Accessability Upgrade

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On 27 February, the story of the upgrade was carried in the Sydney Morning Herald and the following information appeared on the Transport for NSW website. The anouncement came just before the NSW Government went into Caretaker mode so it is not expected more details will be officially available unti Read More…

A new centre for heritage transport at Chullora – Eveleigh Implications

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On 30 November 2018 Transport for NSW announced a new Heritage transport centre at Chullora. The media release below, along with the factsheet also below, made specific reference to the Large Erecting Shop (LES) at Eveleigh as being “adapted for new uses”. The ATP sale sale to Mirvac contained a pro Read More…

Mayoral Minute and Council Resolution of 11 Feb 2019 covering Waterloo Redevelopment

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At the City of Sydney Council Meeting on 11 February 2019, Lord Mayor Clover Moore moved a mayoral minute dealing with “The Devastating Impacts of State Planning on the City of Sydney”. This Minute made reference to the Waterloo Redevelopment and contained a recommendation that Council host a public Read More…

Clover Moore: Raise your concerns to protect Waterloo

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Clover Moore has written to her supporters asking them to make submissions about the Waterloo Metro exhibitions. Below we have provided the details supplied by Clover. We have also taken the issues Clover’s planners have raised in the form of a submission that you can copy and modify into the Planni Read More…

Estate Options Testing Consultation Report Released

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On 11 January LAHC released their Options Testing Consultation Report. This report documents for the SSP process the outcomes of the options testing phase of consultation for the Waterloo Redevelopment. It also incorporates an overview of the findings of the initial visioning phase of the consultati Read More…