Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
admin UrbanGrowth’s Central to Eveleigh Urban Renewal and Transport Program has posted the report of their consultation late last year with community group representatives. You can see this report on the UrbanGrowth website through the link provided below. Below is an email from the new Program Director w Read More…
The banner below has been produced by some of those in the Sirius Building. It came to REDWatch with the note that appears below the graphic. Read More…
This is the text of the REDWatch submision on Sydney University’s Campus Improvement Program (CIP) of April 2014. Read More…
REDWatch has kept its members and supporters up to date through its email lists. Below we have drawn some of the material from these emails to provide an overview for a wider grouping of REDWatch’s concerns. Read More…
The following letter was issued by the three resident groups in the area under the banner of The Millers Point Community Defence Group following the the anouncement. Read More…
Below is the text of correspondence between REDWatch and the Director General of Planning and Infrastructure regarding Sydney University’s failure to consult with resident groups in the preperation of their Campus Infrastructure Program as required by the Department. The bottom line in the respoinse Read More…
The following items appeared in the South Sydney Herald 15 march 2014. The first is an article by Geoff Turnbull giving a resident view of the the Sydney Uni Campus Improvement Plan consultation problem. The second was from the University’s column in the South Sydsney Herald anoucing an extension of Read More…
Sydney University is seeking approval for a 68 per-cent increase to its Camperdown-Darlington campus floor space by the end of 2020. This will accommodate a 21 per-cent increase in students on the campus as well as 4,000 units of “affordable” student accommodation, reports Geoff Turnbull in the Marc Read More…
The University of Sydney plans to spend $2.5 billion transforming its historic campus, as a building arms race between higher education providers reaches unprecedented levels, reports Heath Gilmore in the Sydney Morning Herald of 15 March 2014. Read More…
On March 7 2014 UrbanGrowth NSW made a presentation to a Property Council Lunch concerning Central to Evleigh. Someone at the function used their mobile phone to capture the Central to Evleigh fly through presentation and then kindly put it on You-tube. Some of the flythrough was used in Chanel 9 News later that day. … Read more
This Urban Growth Project profile was released on 8 March 2014 with the anouncement of UrbanGrowths’s expanded role in Central to Eveleigh. Below is the text of the profile. A link to the pdf version can be found at the foot of this article. Read More…
Minister for Planning and Infrastructure Brad Hazzard today, 8th march 2014, announced the NSW Government has charged UrbanGrowth NSW with a new mandate to lead the delivery of major scale renewal projects including the Central to Eveleigh Urban Renewal and Transport Program. Below is the text of th Read More…
Large swathes of land have been unlocked for apartment development in Sydney and Newcastle, as the state government pushes for urban renewal reports Rebecca Thistleton on page 6 of the Australian Financial Review of 8 March 2014. Read More…
The Inner Sydney Regional Council for Social Development maintains a map of services in the City of Sydney, Leichhardt, Botany, Randwick, Waverley and Woollahra Local Government Areas. To update services on the map contact ISRC or email: admin@innersydneyrcsd.org.au http://www.communitywalk.com/sydney/inner_sydney_community_services/map/1528111
Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today announced a lift would be built to Redfern Station platforms 6 and 7, making the station accessible to customers in wheelchairs and parents with prams for the first time reports this media release of by Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian on 31st Read More…
Staged development application for endorsement of The University of Sydney’s Camperdown-Darlington Campus Improvement Program 2014-2020. The CIP will result in an implementation program and strategy that identifies, prioritises and stages the campus development, infrastructure and access priorities over a 7 year period. Consent is also sought for a range of land uses and precinct building … Read more
UrbanGrowth NSW recently undertook three workshops in the initial stage of its investigation into the Central to Eveleigh railway corridor. The workshops follow meetings with developers and other stakeholders over the last few months reports Geoff Turnbull in the December 2013 issue of The South Syd Read More…
URBAN Growth NSW is set to take control of several big- ticket infrastructure projects, including the redevelopment of Newcastle’s CBD and the development of apartment towers over the railway lines at Eveleigh, inner Sydney, under a major restructure of the government agency to be announced early ne Read More…
This inquiry is a current Legislative Council inquiry conducted by the Social, public and affordable housing Committee. This Select Committee was established on Wednesday 13 November 2013 to inquiry into and report on demand for social, public and affordable housing in New South Wales. Call for made on 28 Nov 2013 to close 28 Feb … Read more
The South Sydney Herald has also obtained the documents released by RailCorp to Lift Redfern regarding “information relating to planned upgrades at Redfern Train Station”. The documents show the various plans for redevelopment, from the mid 2000s until about 2010, including one favoured by RailCorp Read More…