Baynham, Jo-Ann (8C)

ICTC 2012: CITIES IN TRANSITION Forward Planning for the Regional City of Tomorrow: Case Study: Thurgoona Wirlinga Precinct Structure Plan

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Location

-New city for 50,000 people - 4500ha’s

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Albury: Existing population: 50,000 -Compact and legible & walkable -Efficient grid (200m) -Well served by a wide range of facilities and activities -Rich architectural and cultural heritage.

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Site Issues: - Interface to rural lands -View, vistas and Hillscape character -Heritage elements -Environmental elements -Defence land (acoustics) -Integration with surrounds; traffic and transport.

-Flooding -Multiple land owners (equity issues) etc.

-Utility service provision. rpsgroup.com.au

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The Vision • Establishes a sense of place and community • Creates greater housing choice and affordable places to live • Provides for local employment and business activity • Creates highly accessible, vibrant activity centres and community facilities; • Provides an integrated, accessible, dynamic network of passive and active open space and recreation facilities • Provides better transport choices • Delivers a safe, efficient and integrated transport network • Responds to climate change, biodiversity, heritage, natural hazards and integrated water management • Identifies and resolves any potential land use conflicts • Delivers accessible, integrated and adaptable utilities and other necessary infrastructure services.

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consultation

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Consultation - Notification letters dispatched to landholders (including adjoining landholders),

government agencies/service providers, business/development industry groups.

- Multiple workshops/information sessions held at prominent venues in Thurgoona/Wirlinga URA and surrounds.

- Series of public notices/advertisements published in the local News Print.

- Letterbox drop Invite/Flyer of Thurgoona residents in the week prior to workshop/information session dates; - Website updates being regularly posted to inform the public on Project progress, provide preliminary documentation.

- Electronic/print media campaign including radio advertisements, television and radio interviews, newspaper articles and the use of social media (i.e. Twitter) - A copying service for hard copies and/or CDs of project material being made available.

AlburyCity staff being available during normal business hours for individual meetings.

- Consultation sessions with school groups and youth groups. rpsgroup.com.au

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Major Neighbourhood Centres

Major Neighbourhood Centres

District Centre:1:40,000 - 35,000 GFA (2xsupermarkets, 2x DDS etc)

MNC’s: 1:8,000 – 14,000

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- Positive interface -Public space/parkland -Legible public realm -Community facilities -Parking courts

Major Neighbourhood Centre 1

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Major Neighbourhood Centre 2

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Major Neighbourhood Centre 3

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Village Centres Village Centres: 1:7,500 - 2,000m2 convenience retail.

- Threshold for 6, 4 provided

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Village Centres

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Schools -

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10 Early Learning Centres (7 new) 6 New Primary Schools 3 New High Schools 2 Private P – 12 Schools

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Community Centres -

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District Community Centre (MNC3) Community Centre 1 (VC 1) Community Centre 2 (VC 2) Community Centre 3 (VC 3) Community Centre 4 (VC 4)

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Local Sports Grounds and Parks -

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22 Local Recreational Parks/ informal parks (14 >1ha, 8 < 1ha) 5 Local Sports Grounds 1 District Sports Ground 9 Additional locations for Informal Parks.

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District Sports Ground

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Pedestrian, Cycle and Bus routes -Integrated network of pedestrian and cycle trails.

-On road and off road.

-Link to facilities and activities -Efficient bus service.

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Residential Densities and Typologies -

2,811ha Residential and Commercial (approx. 63% of total site area: 4510.9ha)

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>0.5% Commercial > 2.4% High Density Residential 15.6% URA Residential 17.9% General Residential 2.6% Low Density Residential 2.5% Res Min. 2500m2 1.74% Res Min. 5000m2 2.13% Res Min 10,000m2 16.56% URA Rural Residential

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Integrated Water Management -

3 Major WSUD features 22 Preferred SW treatment locations

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Utilities Plan

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Staging

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