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8/9/2019 Welcome Presentation - River City Blueprint Forum

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River City Blueprint - Plausible City

River City Blueprint Forum 4 June 2010


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Project Timeframes

Phase 1 Project Inception and Launch (Joint Media Launch 17 Dec 2009)

Phase 2 Background Research and Scoping

Phase 3 Strategic Directions (Jan-May 2010)

Public Stand Tell us your bright idea for Brisbane (Feb-May 2010)

River City Forum Public, Industry and Business (Fri 4 & Sat 5 June 2010)

Phase 4 Draft Blueprint Prepared (Jun-Aug 2010)

Phase 5 Public Exhibition (Sept-Nov 2010)

Phase 6 Review Submissions (Dec 2010-Mar 2011)

Phase 7 Prepare Final Blueprint (Apr-May 2011)

Phase 8 Launch River City Blueprint (May 2011)

Where is the project up to?


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Terms of Reference

The River City Blueprint will not become a statutory document. It will not add more

rules and regulations over development in the inner-city. Instead it will implement the

principles ofhigher level documents like the SEQ Regional Plan and Brisbane City Plan.


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Study Boundary


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Investigation Corridors


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Where weve come from

Brisbane c1950


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Where are we now

Brisbane Now


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What does the future hold?

River City Planned (2031)


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Issues facing the inner city

Top Strategic Issues

1. Defining a sustainable city structure

2. Shifting development from river-corridor-oriented to transit-oriented

3. Providing development capacity to meet employment targets and facilitating thegrowth of knowledge industries connected to education and health research precincts

4. Providing housing and lifestyle affordability options that reverse the demographic

trend of significantly smaller proportion of couples with children living in the inner city

5. Providing transport modes and interchanges best suited to connecting people along

the river corridor (east-west) and transit corridor (north-south) that does not impact on

urban amenity and the attractiveness of the place to work, live and play6. Providing urban amenity (scale, character, quality and quantity of public space) and

othercommunity facilities to cater for users of the inner city and to provide an

attractive place to work, live and play


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Sustainable city structure + Shifting from river-oriented to transit-oriented

Study area comprises land (73%), roads

(20%) and river (7%)

Predominantly residential (59%) land uses Employment land uses small (18%)

Overall residential density low at 13 dw/ha

now going to 21dw/ha in plausible

Houses in Demolition Control Precinct

cover 50% of the study area

River corridor most intensively developed Planned and plausible scenarios identify

opportunities along north/south axis

Urban amenity must be provided to achieve

intentions


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Development capacity to meet employment needs (knowledge industries)

Now scenario includes 323,290 jobs

Plausible scenario forecasts an additional

224,153 jobs by 2031 Employment focused on CBD and ATC in

the planned and plausible scenarios

Corridors currently nominated for

residential and jobs growth

Employment precincts (CBD and fringe)

need to expand to cater for growth


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Knowledge industry clusters + community facilities

Education / Health clusters to the north and

south of the CBD

Education and cultural cluster in CBD Jobs growth will occur in knowledge

industries and therefore opportunity to

allocate around clusters

Community infrastructure is not clustered in

the planned and plausible city around the

north / south axis

Plan needs to focus on delivery of

community infrastructure and human

services covering local, city and regional

needs


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Housing and lifestyle affordability + Demographic change

Families tend to live outside the inner city

Students, young working and elderly, lone

person and couples without childrenhouseholds occupy the inner city

High proportion of residents born overseas

(45%)

Number of flats, units and apartments

accounts for two-thirds of all dwellings

Half of all dwellings are rented

This trend will be difficult to reverse under

the planned and plausible scenarios if small

apartments continue to be provided


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Legible, coherent and safe links required

Prioritising fine grain and small scalemovements, as substitute for car over short

distances required that will also boost publiclife through people in public realm

Recent river linkages have focused on theCBD, with exception of Eleanor Schonell

Where are the priorities for future river linksand what mode should they facilitate(pedestrian, cycle, public transport,vehicular)

Potential candidates include:- Toowong to West End

- CBD East to Kangaroo Point

- Kangaroo Point to New Farm

- New Farm/Newstead to Hawthorn/Bulimba

River corridor connectivity


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North south public transport connectivity and interchanges

Inner city transport demand is forecast to

increase to 2.4 million trips/day by 2031 (upfrom 900,000 trips/day in 2006)

Capacity is an issue as planned development

appears to be occurring more rapidly than

public transport connectivity through the city

centre

Vital to determine the optimum type(s) ofpublic transport that provide the most efficient

and attractive method of connectivity Best alignments and locations (above or

below ground) are yet to be determined

Level of integration of modes will prove the

difference between adequate and exceptional

movement network


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Urban amenity to provide attractive places and cater for the needs of all people

Perceived shortfall in open space, now

3.28 ha / 1000 residents

Compares well with other capital cities Assets providing urban amenity focused

around the river corridor

Planned and plausible city require

interconnected open space systems in the

north south axis


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