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Rail line to be developed Government faces criticism over decision to allow multiples uses for land • AMELIA PARROTT _ @amelia_parrott
he Newcastle rail corridor will be open to development, according to NSW Planning Minister, Pru Goward. Speaking on ABC radio last week, Ms Goward contradicted statements made by the former Planning Minister, Brad Hazzard, who guaranteed the corridor would be a public space, announcing there would be some development along the route. "There will be open space and there will also be some development," she said. "I think no one could disagree with the beauty of the Honeysuckle redevelopment and I think Newcastle would expect there to be some redevelopment along the route as well. "It would be surprising if everybody thought it should entirely remain open space." Ms Goward was quick to rule out the possibility of high-rise development saying she believed cafes or coffee shops along the corridor would help attract people to the new open spaces. "If you're going to get rid of the dingo fence, you don't replace it with a Berlin Wall," she said. "That's what you'd be doing if you converted the whole thing to high-rise apartments." Shadow Minister for the Hunter, Sonia Hornery accused the Government of "shifting the goal posts" when it came to its plans for the revitalisation of Newcastle. "The big thing here is trust," she said. "We're trusting the Government to make certain decisions and we are told certain decisions
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The heavy rail corridor will be open to some new development once truncated
are occurring yet they change the goal posts. If we're talking about the fact that we're keeping [the corridor] as green, open space, lets keep it as green, open space." Ms Hornery warned Ms Goward's announcement could pave the way for larger development along the corridor in the future. Newcastle MP Tim Owen dismissed Ms Hornery's argument as "stupid scaremongering".
"We're doing this to ensure we have connectivity," Mr Owen said. "That's the whole reason behind the light rail piece and it's the whole methodology behind the Urban Renewal Strategy. "I can assure you all that it is not about building huge high-rises along the rail corridor." Meanwhile, Ms Goward confirmed that work on the new light rail system would begin by the end of the year.
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