A new Town
Centre for Redfern is the centrepiece of a draft plan to drive much-needed
urban renewal and jobs growth.
Yesterday I
joined Minister for Redfern and Waterloo,
Frank Sartor, at the Eveleigh Railyards to release the draft Built Environment
Plan for public comment. The plan
details the Government’s blueprint for 444,000 square metres of new employment
space and 2,000 new dwellings.
This plan
is the third and final element of Stage One of the Redfern Waterloo plan to
promote social and economic revitalisation.
The Built Environment Plan complements the Human Services Plan to
streamline services — government and non-government — in the area and the
Employment and Enterprise Plan to create 18,000 new jobs.
The Built
Environment Plan shows how and where those jobs will be provided — by
regenerating strategic, largely state-owned sites to establish a new Town
Centre around Redfern Railway station as a hub for community and commercial
activity.
I know that
many local residents have been interested, and anxious, about what the State
Government intended to do with the state-owned sites, such as the former
Redfern Police Station and the former Court building. I believe this plan shows that the
Government’s aim is to provide jobs and opportunity for the local community.
There are
several ways residents can learn more about the plan, or provide feedback,
including:
- going
to the RWA’s website at www.redfernwaterloo.com.au - phoning
the RWA’s office on 9202 9100 and ask to be mailed a copy - emailing
your postal details to redfernwaterloo@rwa.nsw.gov.au - attend
the RWA’s information sessions: between 4 pm – 5 PM, Monday to Friday, 27 Feb
to 10 March at Redfern Waterloo Authority, Level 11, Tower 2, 1 Lawson Square, Redfern - register
your interest to participate in the RWA’s focus groups by phoning 9202 9100 or
email redfernwaterloo@rwa.nsw.gov.au - make
a written submission, deadline 5 pm on 7 April 2006, mailed to Redfern Waterloo
Authority, PO Box
3332, Redfern NSW 2016 - attend
the RWA Built Environment Plan Community Forum, Saturday, 4 March, 1 PM— 3 pm,
at Redfern Town Hall, 73 Pitt Street Waterloo