[REDWatch Heritage] TfNSW North Eveleigh Strategic Vision Exhibition Until 26 March
Geoff Turnbull
geoff at turnbulls-au.com
Wed Mar 3 09:58:37 AEDT 2021
Dear Heritage interest people
Below are details of the exhibition of TfNSW’s North Eveleigh Strategic
Vision Exhibition.
There are important Heritage issues associated with the redevelopment of
this portion of the former Eveleigh Railway Workshops so please put your
comments in on what needs to happen regarding heritage on this site.
One of the last things UrbanGrowth were trying to do was to develop and
over-arching Conservation Management Plan for the former railway workshops,
but this stalled when UrbanGrowth was wound up. TfNSW got a dump of
UrbanGrowth documents but say it did not include the draft CMP.
If anyone has knowledge of this CMP please let me know as REDWatch thinks
it is an important part of ensuring that both sides of the railway line are
interpreted in an integrated manner.
Please copy me in on any concerns you raise with TfNSW on North Eveleigh so
REDWatch is aware of your concerns.
Regards,
Geoff
Geoffrey Turnbull
REDWatch Co-Spokesperson
Ph Wk: (02) 8004 1490 Mob: 0418 457 392
email: spokesperson at redwatch.org.au
web: www.redwatch.org.au
FB: www.facebook.com/RedfernEveleighDarlingtonWaterlooWatch/
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*Subject:* TfNSW North Eveleigh Strategic Vision Exhibition
Dear REDWatch members, supporters and agencies,
Redfern North Eveleigh Strategic Vision on Exhibition until 26 March
<#_Toc65656834>
A quick overview of the Vision <#_Toc65656835>
Some initial observations and concerns on Strategic Vision <#_Toc65656836>
Connectivity <#_Toc65656837>
Aboriginal Affordable Housing <#_Toc65656838>
Responding to what has gone before <#_Toc65656839>
Make your submission <#_Toc65656840>
REDWatch Meeting Thurs 4 March 6pm – Council planners explain Waterloo South
<#_Toc65656841>
*Please note – this email contains hyperlinks. This means that if you see a
blue underlined word or phrase that you can click on it and go directly to
a document or to get more information.*
Redfern North Eveleigh Strategic Vision on Exhibition until 26 March
Transport for NSW (TfNSW) has released its Strategic Vision (PDF, 12.05 MB)
<https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files/media/documents/2021/Redfern%20North%20Eveleigh%20Strategic%20Vision%20March%202021.pdf>
to
guide the renewal and redevelopment of the Redfern North Eveleigh Precinct.
Feedback is requested up until 26 March 2021 and more information can be
found on Redfern North Eveleigh Precinct Renewal webpage
<https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/projects/current-projects/redfern-north-eveleigh-precinct-renewal>
. You can speak to the project team on 1800 684 490 or email
projects at transport.nsw.gov.au
<projects at transport.nsw.gov.au?subject=Redfern%20North%20Eveleigh%20Precinct%20renewal>.
*A livestream information session will be held at: 6pm-7.30pm Thursday 18
March *and will be uploaded to the TfNSW project page after the
presentation. At the information session, you can hear more about the
Strategic Vision and speak with the project team.
Please spread the word to your friends and neighbours about this exhibition.
A quick overview of the Vision
The area covered by the Vision document covers an area from Redfern Station
to Pines Estate Newtown; bordered by the railway line to the South, Iverys
Lane to the west and Little Eveleigh and Wilson Streets to the north.
The Strategic Vision breaks the site into three precincts with the
following character statements:
- *The Clothing Store Sub-Precinct* (towards Macdonaldtown station):
will have a residential character that is integrated with community and
commercial uses to create a vibrant inner?? what???
- *Carriageworks Sub-Precinct *(in the middle): will continue to be the
creative and cultural heart of the Precinct and will provide new community
and creative spaces. This Sub-Precinct will focus on delivering community
spaces and effective public domain, while integrating new opportunities for
local businesses.
- *Paint Shop Sub-Precinct* (Redfern Station end): will be a key
component in the innovation future of Sydney, with strong links to tell the
past innovation story. With a future innovation district character and
direct connection to Redfern Station, the Paint Shop Sub-Precinct will be a
fusion of employment, housing, retail and hospitality, interspersed with a
variety of both permanent and adaptable pop-up recreation uses.
The Vision document does not set out options for massing or the built form,
it simply tries to establish the vision and principles TfNSW will consider
in the redevelopment.
It does talk extensively about the adaptive reuse of heritage buildings and
the inclusion of active uses into the heritage fabric of these buildings,
including at Carriageworks.
One of the problem on the North Eveleigh side is that there is little other
than the buildings to tell the heritage stories. Much work needs to be dome
to bring the people and processes stories to life. Before UrbanGrowth was
disbanded, it was working on a site wide Conservation Management Plan that
aimed to ensure that both sides of the former Eveleigh Railway Workshops
were interpreted as a whole site. Resurrecting this proposal and engagement
with ex workers and heritage practitioners familiar with this site will be
crucial if the community is to end up with the heritage benefit possible
from this site and not just some adaptively reused buildings.
The document advises that the North Eveleigh Masterplan is still in effect,
as a result of the construction of the Platform Apartments. However, the
UrbanGrowth proposal for the Macdonaldtown end of the site has lapsed.
The Strategic Vision states: “*Changes to the planning controls are likely
to be required. Following finalisation of this Vision, further work will be
undertaken to determine the extent of change required to the existing
planning controls. Amendments to the planning controls will be investigated
through the preparation of a State Significant Precincts Study with
associated technical analysis, and community and stakeholder consultation*”.
Commenting on this document is important because it can influence the next
part of the planning process. The earlier community members make their
priorities clear, the easier it is to defend these if they go missing and
aren’t included in later planning.
Some initial observations and concerns on Strategic Vision
Connectivity
The Vision statement is weak on connectivity other than to Redfern Station.
For example, it says “*Investigate a direct pedestrian connection between
the Precinct and Redfern Station and the feasibility of a pedestrian
crossing over the railway corridor*”. Because a connection over or under
the railway line to South Eveleigh is only a “feasibility” the analysis of
the site in the document has no north south desire lines or possible
movement corridors. Gone too is anything other than the prospect of Iverys
Lane as a connection to Macdonaldtown Station.
The TfNSW strategic vision is not seeking to integrate with South Eveleigh,
be that in terms of immediate connectivity or leveraging movements from
Waterloo Metro and Alexandria to Sydney University and RPA Hospital. It
also is not looking at how it integrates with the high tech tenants at
South Eveleigh and how that might improve agglomeration and incubation. And
while it uses many heritage photos from the Southern side of the former
Eveleigh Railway Workshops there is little indication it is signing up to
an integrated heritage interpretation which compliments what is happening
at South Eveleigh.
Much is made of bike paths and of the use of walking and riding in the
precinct. The focus however is purely on the Wilson Street Cycleway and
while the “opportunities and challenges” Diagram 2 shows a bike path in
South Eveleigh, it is not connected by other than the Southern Concourse,
on which TfNSW has ruled out a bike connection.
The problematic movements from buses and the Waterloo Metro to the precinct
is brushed over by saying “*A bus interchange area is located immediately
east of the station, providing services to a range of locations across
Sydney. The new Waterloo Metro Station, due to open in 2024, is located
within a 15-minute walk from the Precinct*”.
By their glossary, TfNSW must be referring to the station having an
“adjoining bus stop” as it certainly does not cover how people connect from
the new Southern Concourse to South bound buses across two arterial roads
some distance from a pedestrian crossing. The Vision report says the
nearest arterial road to the site is “the Princes Highway, approximately
230 metres to the north”.
Finally on roads, the document proposes to open up “*access to the eastern
half of the Precinct by extending Carriageworks Way as a key connecting
access spine*”. No mention is made about the eastern access to the site
with that entrance just shown as currently a “private service access point”.
>From the days of the Redfern Waterloo Authority, tackling the barriers
created by the railway line and the twin arterial roads has been seen as
the key to delivering connectivity and to opening up the potential for
North and South Eveleigh to be reconnected.
TfNSW has failed to envisage North Eveleigh as part of the wider precinct
connected across these barriers.
Aboriginal Affordable Housing
The Redfern Waterloo Aboriginal Affordable Housing Campaign
<https://www.aboriginalaffordablehousingcampaign.com/> has called for 10%
Aboriginal Affordable housing on the development of all government owned
land in Redfern Eveleigh Darlington and Waterloo. While the report
acknowledges the community asked for “dedicated Aboriginal housing and
tenancies” the vision on for all affordable housing is to “deliver at least
5%-10% affordable housing”. On the Waterloo South site, the City of Sydney
is proposing 20% be affordable housing with half that being dedicated to
Aboriginal affordable housing.
The vision statement has a lot to say about involving the Aboriginal
community in the development especially around the Government Architects’
“Designing with Country” and “Cultural Design Principles”. Given the
significance of the area to the Aboriginal community, one of the key ways
to respond to Country is surely to ensure that Aboriginal people continue
to live in this area of such great significance to them. Aboriginal
affordable housing has to be at the centre of this.
Responding to what has gone before
Many people living in the area will have been involved in earlier
consultations about this site. You might be interested in a section towards
the end of the report where TfNSW seeks to show how what you said was taken
up in its precinct renewal principles. You might like to see if your
concern is mentioned and to look at if it has been picked up in the
rationale for the principle.
It is also useful to look back at earlier work on the site. While
UrbanGrowth never delivered its Affordable Housing Study or its Transport
study, it did recommend 10 Key Moves. It is worthwhile looking back at
those moves and to see how the TfNSW strategic vision responded to them.
The Vision report deals with the bits it likes from the Central to Eveleigh
Urban Transformation Strategy on the last page of its analysis (page 54)
but avoids others. UrbanGrowth’s Key Move 3 to “create walking and cycling
connections across the railway corridor” is missing. Such a connection was
a part of the RWA’s North Eveleigh Concept Plan.
Key Move 2 was to create a green network, but in the current proposal is
mentioned only in the context that Wilson Street is part of broader green
network identified by City of Sydney Council. The Vision statement retains
the large park towards Newtown, but only talks about pocket parks being
proposed in the Redfern Station end. No relief looks imminent for
Darlington’s over loved Charles Kernan Reserve.
During the 2020 consultation, the issue of the impact of some events at
Carriageworks on surrounding residents was raised as an issue. Concerned
residents might want to look carefully at aspects in the strategic vision
that are guided by the NSW Government vision for a 24-hour global city
strategy (page 15) and a night-time economy.
Make your submission
REDWatch encourages you to download the Strategic Vision (PDF, 12.05 MB)
<https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files/media/documents/2021/Redfern%20North%20Eveleigh%20Strategic%20Vision%20March%202021.pdf>
document, have a read and to make any comments you wish to TfNSW by email
at projects at transport.nsw.gov.au
<projects at transport.nsw.gov.au?subject=Redfern%20North%20Eveleigh%20Precinct%20renewal>
or call 1800 684 490.
REDWatch Meeting Thurs 4 March 6pm – Council planners explain Waterloo South
A reminder that the next REDWatch meeting will attempt to unpack the City
of Sydney planning proposal for Waterloo South.
You can see my article in the South Sydney Herald in Waterloo South
proposals – stacking Lego blocks
<https://southsydneyherald.com.au/waterloo-south-proposals-stacking-lego-blocks/>
and Andrew Chuter’s comments at the Explorer Street redevelopment protest
on Stop the destruction of public housing
<https://southsydneyherald.com.au/stop-the-destruction-of-public-housing/>
which is also relevant to the combined impact of the NSW Government’s the
various public housing estates in the City of Sydney LGA.
At the REDWatch meeting, we will hear from the City of Sydney planners as
they discuss the City's vision for Waterloo South. This will be an
opportunity for the general community to get an understanding of the
proposal and to ask questions.
You can promote this REDWatch meeting with the - Poster for Waterloo South
REDWatch meeting on 4 March 2021
<http://www.redwatch.org.au/eventnotice/210304redwp/view>
The Zoom link for this meeting is https://TinyUrl.com/RedwatchZoom or use
Zoom Meeting ID: 369 942 0648 or join via telephone on 8015 6011.
For more information visit the REDWatch website - REDWatch Meeting Thurs 4
March 6pm – Council Planners explain Waterloo South
<http://www.redwatch.org.au/Events/210304redw>
Come along and bring your questions
Regards,
Geoff
Geoffrey Turnbull
REDWatch Co-Spokesperson
Ph Wk: (02) 8004 1490 Mob: 0418 457 392
email: spokesperson at redwatch.org.au
web: www.redwatch.org.au
FB: www.facebook.com/RedfernEveleighDarlingtonWaterlooWatch/
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