[CBD改造计划：新州政府计划收购Town Hall地产建公共场所和地铁（图）]

mylt

Metro, parkland for Sydney Town Hall
http://www.news.com.au/dailytele ... 785-5001021,00.html


an artist's impression of the central Sydney site

PLANS to tear down buildings opposite Sydney's Town Hall and create a public square with a metro station will transform the city's heart, Premier Nathan Rees says.

新州州长Nathan Rees表示新州政府已经开始跟Town Hall附近建筑的拥有者展开谈判， 来打造一个大型的公共活动区和地铁。
Mr Rees says the NSW government has started negotiations with building owners to buy the properties and transform them into a construction site for the metro station and a park.

Construction on the station, part of the CBD Metro system, is due to start in mid-2010 on an area that includes the Woolworths building.

"Negotiations are underway to transform Sydney's heart,'' Mr Rees said.

"But also, to overhaul our public transport system for Sydney."

The cost of acquiring the buildings is included in the $581 million allocated in last Tuesday's state budget for metro spending over the next financial year.

However, the government won't give a breakdown on how much is allocated for the purchases as opposed to the start of construction costs.

"The final cost of the land acquisition is subject to negotiations with council and how much we need to buy versus lease from (Sydney City) council for the construction ,'' Sydney Metro acting chief executive Rod Staples said.

"Ultimately council still owns a large portion of the land of the square."

The City of Sydney Council will build and manage the park after the metro station's construction.

It will be bounded by Pitt, Park and George streets as outlined in the council's Sustainable Sydney 2030 plan.

The Sydney Chamber of Commerce has thrown its support behind the plan, saying the town square will be used by commuters, shoppers and tourists.

Chamber executive director Patricia Forsythe says it will be an "asset for the city for years to come".

However, the NSW opposition remains opposed to the CBD Metro, with shadow treasurer Mike Baird describing it as the government's new toy, saying it's not what the community wants or needs.

"It is heading down a path that you really have to question," he told ABC Radio.

"The first priority has to be infrastructure that the community needs and wants."

The CBD Metro's estimated price tag is $5.3 billion.

"For us, the missing transport links are the priorities,'' Mr Baird said.

"If we won (the state election) in 2011 ... we would look to negotiate with the parties that are in the final stages to transfer them and the work and the intellectual capacity to (Sydney's) northwest and southwest. That's the priority."

[ 本帖最后由 mylt 于 2009-6-25 13:12 编辑 ]

pal

Just a Park, not car park

chelsea

工党真是很搞笑， 不断得推出很伟大的计划， 10年-20年后这些还是计划

jewar

慢慢等，估计我退休的时候能看见