Come to this month’s ARAG meeting at Wednesday 13th, 7pm, Alexandria Town Hall, for updates on:
Here are the slides from the last ARAG meeting.
If you want to know more about how the redevelopment of the ATP will affect you, have a read.
You can use points from these slides as the basis for an objection.
On the Agenda for tonight’s meeting we have:
Meeting starts 7pm, Alexandria Town Hall.
Followed by drinks, nibbles and chat.
We’ll be having Mirvac’s Ross Hornsey along to talk about plans for the ATP, and what it’s going to take to make it work.
We’re hoping Jenny Leong will be present for our update on what WestConnex means for Alexandria (short version: 60,000 cars on Euston Road – that’s more traffic than Victoria Road can carry).
And we’ll be getting an update on the Metro and why Alexandria should care, and a quick update on the sad fate of our beloved Alexandria Hotel.
Hope to see you there.
The next meeting of ARAG will be at 7pm on Wednesday the 9th of September, at Alexandria Town Hall, 73 Garden St.
On the agenda for the meeting are:
On the agenda for the 10th of June meeting:
The meeting will be at 7pm, at Alexandria Town Hall, Garden St, Alexandria.
The agenda for next week’s meeting is:
The meeting will be at the usual time and place of:
The 2014 Annual General Meeting of ARAG was held on Wednesday 9th July 2014 prior to our regular monthly meeting.
The result of the elections to the Executive Committee is: Continue reading
Employment Strategy needs to balance a number of objectives. Land zoned for industrial use is less valuable than land zoned for residential, so land-owners are keen to see rezonings. At the same time, increases in the price of industrial land drives industrial activity further west, and much of this activity is supporting other activities in this area, for eg, the Green Square development needs a large supply of concrete. If that isn’t produced locally, it needs to be trucked in from elsewhere, with all that implies for increased congestion and polution.
The government requires the City to plan for an increase of 109,000 jobs by 2031, mostly in the CBD, with 7,000 planned for the Green Square area.
Overall, the balance is shifting away from industrial, and towards commercial and mixed, although mixed includes residential, so the effect is likely to be much the same as if it were zoned residential.
There are four more studies coming:
We are also encouraged to look at the Airport Master Plan, which is on exhibition now. (See http://www.airport-technology.com/news/newssydney-airport-releases-master-plan-double-passenger-capacity and http://www.sydneyairport.com.au/corporate/master-plan.aspx)
There are currently two proposals under consideration, the Sansom review, and the Metro Strategy. They both propose mergers, but different mergers. Neither provides a cost-benefit analysis of mergers.
For the smallest councils, there are savings to be had, but for councils that are already as large as the City of Sydney, there are few gains in becoming larger still. (The proposed mergers would create a council with more residents than are in Tasmania.)
Unlike, for example, Brisbane, the expanded council would not have the authority to develop infrastructure, and remember that the current State Government will not allow the City the authority to build even a bikepath.
What makes the Metro Strategy different to what has come before is the New Planning System – it gives the Metro Strategy far more power. It allows developers to override Local Development Plans, and probably allows them to ignore Heritage concerns as well.
Coming soon to our suburb
The planning system is changing and many more developments are proposed for the inner city.
Our current right to comment on DAs will be removed for 80% of developments including many high-rise.
Developers are happy about that but are we?
Come and show you care and hear about how these changes will affect us and how to have your say.
Monday 27th May, 6:30pm
Redfern Town Hall,
73 Pitt St Redfern
Guest Speakers
Forum jointly organised by REDWatch and ARAG.
Forums have been organised so you can find out more:
To keep informed about what’s going on:
Alexandria Residents' Action Group 