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Built Environment Plan Released

A landmark strategy to drive the physical renewal of Redfern and Waterloo was launched on Wednesday 30 August 2006, by Minister Frank Sartor. The final Built Environment Plan is intended to encourage economic growth and the creation of up to 18,000 jobs. The Redfern-Waterloo Authority has engineered almost $300 million in new investment for the area, including direct RWA investment of more than $76 million.

As part of the Built Environment Plan the NSW Government is committing funding of $32 million for:

• A $10 million community health centre at the former Redfern Courthouse and Police Station;
• A $6 million pedestrian and cycle bridge to link Australian Technology Park with North Eveleigh;
• $16 million over ten years towards affordable housing for Aboriginal residents.

The draft Plan was amended in response to public consultation including a change that provides for Marian Street Park to be preserved and zoned for public recreation. Proposed new zonings in the Eveleigh Street Precinct have also been modified.

Other key aspects of the Built Environment Plan include:

• New planning frameworks for eight strategic sites across Redfern and Waterloo, to generate more than 400,000 square metres of new employment space and up to 2,000 new homes;
• A new Town Centre around an upgraded Redfern Railway Station, including a civic square, to serve as a hub for community and commercial activity;
• The restoration or adaptive re-use of up to 7.65 hectares of heritage structures on RWA strategic sites, including up to 6.7 hectares of rail heritage.