A postcard campaign, “Back to the Drawing Board”, was launched at the forum. Residents were urged to send the cards or other messages to Planning Minister Robert Stokes opposing the proposals currently being prepared by UrbanGrowth for Central to Eveleigh.
Cards can still be collected from any Council Service Centre, The Factory Community Centre, South Sydney Community Aid or downloaded: Back to the drawing board postcard PDF.
The meeting was the first opportunity for the community to hear directly from the Lord Mayor Clover Moore since the CEO of the City of Sydney Council produced a report for Council in mid May 2016, regarding its concerns about densities proposed by UrbanGrowth in the Central to Eveleigh corridor.
The major issues are the high density proposed for Waterloo and a proposal to create a State Significant Precinct wider than just the government-owned lands in the corridor. The full report is at: Sydney Council revealed in May 2016.
The Council went public with its concerns and UrbanGrowth responded. Some of that discussion can be read in The Fifth Estate’s article: Battle of Waterloo as UrbanGrowth and City of Sydney trade blows on density.
At the public meeting the Council’s Director of City Planning Graham Jahn went into considerable detail about how the densities proposed for Waterloo are greater than any other sites around Sydney, with densities comparable to those in central London and Hong Kong.
