The heritage listed railway workshops will include a 16-storey
apartment complex just 100 metres from The Block under the redevelopment
proposal.
Planning Minister Frank Sartor
announced the historic North Eveleigh
workshops’ transformation into 1260 new flats, including up to 200 flats reserved
for affordable rental housing, last week.
The expected $100 million raised from selling the public
land will fuel the upgrade of Redfern Railway Station with a pedestrian bridge
and other needed infrastructure.
Mr Sartor said the urban renewal project would retain
heritage buildings, blending them with a vibrant new living community.
The announcement comes after Mr Sartor invited tenders to submit
designs, and develop the landmark $2.5 billion Barangaroo project at East Darling
Harbour earlier this
month.
Concept approval for the urban renewal of 1.4 kilometres of harbour
foreshore is expected to deliver billions of dollars in capital investment for Sydney and thousands of
construction jobs, as well as the creation of an 11-hectare headland park.
Mr Sartor said the project is a unique opportunity to create
a new harbour front recreational area comparable in size to Hyde
Park. The redevelopment of Barangaroo on the western edge of the
CBD will create a new gateway to the city, he said.
The projects will also deliver commercial space, new homes and
two major new parks for Sydney
close to existing public transport and other services.
The project is also designed to maximise public transport
use by creating new pedestrian links to Wynyard and the bus interchange and
providing for a second ferry wharf.
Source:
The City News May 3 2008 www.alternativemediagroup.com