Waterloo Master Plan Site Visits from 29 May to 2 June 2017

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Waterloo Site Visit –
29 May to 2 June

 

Study

Date & Time of visit

Description

Open Space

Monday 29 May 9am-5pm

Consultants will be making notes of how people are using the open
space (i.e. counting numbers of people using/passing through the open space,
noting what activities are being undertaken in the open space and where they
are occurring, what times people are using the open space and for how long
etc).

Open Space

Thursday 1 June 9am-5pm

Consultants will be making notes of how people are using the open
space (i.e. counting numbers of people using/passing through the open space,
noting what activities are being undertaken in the open space and where they
are occurring, what times people are using the open space and for how long
etc).

Social Sustainability

Friday 2 June 10am-2pm

Taking notes and photos of community facilities and public spaces to
understand the community facilities and features of Waterloo area.

Heritage

Friday 2 June 9am-5pm

Taking notes and photos of buildings, parklands in association with
any landscape elements for heritage study..

 

REDWatch Comment:

There is concern that limiting Open Space monitoring from 9pm to 5pm will miss early morning and late afternoon usages of open space. We are heading into winter so there is little time for the community use that occurs during the long summer evenings. It is also important when looking at open space that this also looks at often hidden night time uses of open this space. Open space studies need to look at both social and anti-social uses of space for crime prevention through design planning. They also need to factor in the role that space plays in community activities like Summer on the Green, Family and Culture Day, Pet Day etc.