Neo
October 29th, 2004, 06:54 AM
You'll never need to go into the city
Chris Griffith, City Hall reporter
29oct04
URBAN hubs where people work, sleep and play will transform Brisbane from a CBD-dependent city to a more decentralised 21st century metropolis under the draft South-East Queensland Regional Plan.
Planners see the new Brisbane as adopting the ideas of Vancouver in Canada and the Pearl District of Portland, Oregon, where rail, bus and road corridors or hubs absorb the growth, and lower-density housing in established non-corridor areas is preserved.
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said there was no need to sacrifice low-density housing in the sleepier suburbs to accommodate an extra 140,000 dwellings.
"We can accommodate the required growth in greenfield areas such as Rochedale and Fitzgibbon, and in urban renewal areas we can accommodate higher density," Cr Newman said.
"There will be huge areas of Brisbane that will remain low-density residential over the next 20 years; the low-medium regions along the transport corridors can take the required targets."
The SEQ plan identifies the Brisbane area's six principal hubs as Chermside, Indooroopilly, Carindale, Cleveland, Upper Mt Gravatt and Springwood.
Toombul, Toowong, Wynnum Central, Capalaba and Goodna follow closely behind as major urban centres.
"I see them as mixes of residential-retail places for people to work and places for people to enjoy recreation," Cr Newman said.
He said developers building in these corridors would work in partnership with the council to build "social infrastructure" such as parkland and recreational areas.
He said the 10-storey limit on high-rise outside the CBD no doubt would rise, but rise tastefully.
"You could have a 15-storey building that's a shocker, you could have a 17-storey building that was a delight to the eyes," Cr Newman said.
He cited Abbotsford, Bowen Hills, Woolloongabba and Milton between Coronation Drive and the railway as likely locations for such high-rise.
But not everyone would work and live in hubs: The CBD would still be "the vibrant heart" of Brisbane.
The SEQ plan's success would depend on these hubs attracting their share of government offices, commerce, legal firms, and business to make them work centres as well as residential ones.
Planning Institute of Australia spokesman Gary White said the redevelopment of Racecourse Rd, Hamilton, and Stones Corner showed new infrastructure could attract not only shoppers but business, commerce, medium residential and community.
Mr White said retail centres such as Garden City which incorporated cinemas and libraries were trying to create that mix.
It could be attractive for some CBD firms to move to hubs which offered better parking, better choice in transport, and cheaper rent.
Another key to success was fast transit – rail or light rail – between hubs.
Chris Griffith, City Hall reporter
29oct04
URBAN hubs where people work, sleep and play will transform Brisbane from a CBD-dependent city to a more decentralised 21st century metropolis under the draft South-East Queensland Regional Plan.
Planners see the new Brisbane as adopting the ideas of Vancouver in Canada and the Pearl District of Portland, Oregon, where rail, bus and road corridors or hubs absorb the growth, and lower-density housing in established non-corridor areas is preserved.
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said there was no need to sacrifice low-density housing in the sleepier suburbs to accommodate an extra 140,000 dwellings.
"We can accommodate the required growth in greenfield areas such as Rochedale and Fitzgibbon, and in urban renewal areas we can accommodate higher density," Cr Newman said.
"There will be huge areas of Brisbane that will remain low-density residential over the next 20 years; the low-medium regions along the transport corridors can take the required targets."
The SEQ plan identifies the Brisbane area's six principal hubs as Chermside, Indooroopilly, Carindale, Cleveland, Upper Mt Gravatt and Springwood.
Toombul, Toowong, Wynnum Central, Capalaba and Goodna follow closely behind as major urban centres.
"I see them as mixes of residential-retail places for people to work and places for people to enjoy recreation," Cr Newman said.
He said developers building in these corridors would work in partnership with the council to build "social infrastructure" such as parkland and recreational areas.
He said the 10-storey limit on high-rise outside the CBD no doubt would rise, but rise tastefully.
"You could have a 15-storey building that's a shocker, you could have a 17-storey building that was a delight to the eyes," Cr Newman said.
He cited Abbotsford, Bowen Hills, Woolloongabba and Milton between Coronation Drive and the railway as likely locations for such high-rise.
But not everyone would work and live in hubs: The CBD would still be "the vibrant heart" of Brisbane.
The SEQ plan's success would depend on these hubs attracting their share of government offices, commerce, legal firms, and business to make them work centres as well as residential ones.
Planning Institute of Australia spokesman Gary White said the redevelopment of Racecourse Rd, Hamilton, and Stones Corner showed new infrastructure could attract not only shoppers but business, commerce, medium residential and community.
Mr White said retail centres such as Garden City which incorporated cinemas and libraries were trying to create that mix.
It could be attractive for some CBD firms to move to hubs which offered better parking, better choice in transport, and cheaper rent.
Another key to success was fast transit – rail or light rail – between hubs.