Yesterday evening saw a Community Workshop at the SP Bowling Club, to hear updates and community comments about the proposed station. Consultants presented summaries of work to date, around such topics as:
- Opportunities for travel to the Zoo, without cars
- Proximity to the City
- Landscape and built form
- Transport and parking
- Heritage
- Safety and security
- Development demand and expectations
- Zoning
- Building height
- Mix of residential and commercial
- Environmental issues
There was spirited discussion around:
- No residential on ground floor of high rise
- Building over the station, perhaps to house the WA Natural History Museum
- Integration of cars, public transport, walking, cycling, commercial, tourists, residents
- Power, water, sewerage, telecommunications, storm water
- Proximity of bird sanctuary and eco tourism potential
- Wind effects and wind power
- Car- free zones? Less parking, not more?
- Behaviour management of travellers
- Traffic flow management
I believe that this location presents us with a fantastic opportunity to celebrate a wonderful location, with vistas of the Swan River, UWA, incoming weather, Kings Park and so on. We can make this the finest station in Australia.
- You can make public comments here on the blog by clicking Comments below
and by email to the consultants to kristina@smco.com.au
3 comments:
How about parking for the stations we DO have 1st.
Yes, I agree South Perth station is a big opportunity. It will potentially have a large number of users just accessing the Zoo, and we need to ensure those people that cannot climb stairs have access to and from the station platform without risk of being stranded by a lift failure (see my comments on Canning Bridge station). It would be a disaster danger if the station platform became overloaded with too many people with prams and wheelchairs because a lift failed.
Hi There,
It was ruined a long time ago.
My grandfather used to hire a cart and take my grand mother,father,uncle & aunty and camp on the beach at como over the summer hoildays.After two weeks he would go to work walking to the tram to go to the city. circa 1915 - 1920
The good old days.
Regards,
Jeffrey
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