Topic3.Principles of the ‘Red Strategy’, drawing comparisons to the draft Redfern-Waterloo Built Environment Plan (Stage One).

RED Strategy

Purpose:to provide a holistic approach to address urban renewal, economic revitalisation and improvements in urban amenity for the Redfern, Eveleigh and Darlington precincts.

Core Principles

1.Develop a Sustainable Town Centre to Serve the RED Area

2.Capitalise on Redfern station’s location in the RED area, infrastructure potential, and position in the Metropolitan rail system to support revitalisation of Redfern Station and Town Centre precincts.

3.Provide a Safe and Activated Public Domain.

4.Optimise Social and Economic return from Government Land Holdings.

5.Ensure Social Equity in Public Life.

6.Foster Community Identity.

7.Strengthen Community Cohesion.

Redfern Waterloo Plan(Stage one)

Purpose:to provide the overall framework for the revitalisation of the operational areathrough urban renewal, job creation, improvements to the physicalenvironment and improvements to the provision of human services.

Major components

1. Built environmentPlan

2. Human servicesPlan

3. Employment and EnterprisePlan

The Draft Redfern-Waterloo Built Environment Plan (Stage One)

Purpose:to provide a planning framework for the redevelopment of the Redfern-waterloo strategic sites based on urban revitalisation and renewal.It provides the basis for community consultation.

Comparisons between Red Strategy and Redfern-Waterloo Built Environment Plan

Threemajor issuesidentified in Red Strategy which requiresmuch more work - Community transport

- Reduce impactof regional traffic

- Enhancedpublic domain

Red Strategy / Stage One
Community
transport / -Public transport to major hospitals andschools
(Central Area Transport)
-Reducethe car parkings in new developments / -Upgrade Redfern Rail station
-Transport link to/from the station
-Intensify rail to bus interchange
-Increase the car parkings
Reduce impact of Regional Traffic / -A number of tunnel optionsthrough Redfern-Waterloo town.
-A pedestrian bridge linkfrom the station to Redfern Street / -A pedestrian bridge link from ATP to Wilson Street
-Revert Regent and Gibbons Street to 2-way option
-Restrict truck access into Regent Street
Enhanced Public Domain / -Provide safe and active public domain
-Create a market place within Town Centre
-Provide spaces for physical and cultural and economics needs / -Improved safety and security by encouraging retail and other active uses.
-Creation of a new civic space linked within Town Centre
-Provision of open space areas associated with new development

Source

-Core Principles of RED Strategy, ()

-Draft Redfern-Waterloo Built Environment Plan (Stage One) February 2006, Redfern – Waterloo Authority

-Peter Valilis, Project Director, Redfern Housing Company

-Bob Mayer, Director of Planning, Cox Richardson Architects & Planners, Sydney

-Kristina Keneally MP, Member for Heffron

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