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by Straze
Thu May 27, 2010 10:47 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: Adelaide to get 7-Elevens
Replies: 22
Views: 8009

Re: Adelaide to get 7-Elevens

Nathan wrote:
crawf wrote:Say hello to more 24/7 Subways, Brumbys, Smokemart, Wok In A Box etc :D
Grrrreeeeeaaaat.... Just what we needed more of :roll:
This will create more jobs as Mike Rann will say. While the small businesses will struggle to survive.
by Straze
Thu May 27, 2010 9:40 pm
Forum: Visions & Suggestions
Topic: My Adelaide Light Rail Vision
Replies: 36
Views: 10916

Re: My Adelaide Light Rail Vision

Aidan wrote: That would conflict with our street circuit. I'd expect tram rails to be quite hazardous to racing cars! And what do you propose doing at the junction of South Terrace and Glen Osmond Road? The Clipsal 500 race only runs for 4 days of the year hardly a big issue. The trams can still run...
by Straze
Thu May 27, 2010 7:16 pm
Forum: Metropolitan Development
Topic: [COM] Brickworks Redevelopment | $70m
Replies: 205
Views: 82103

[COM] Re: #PRO - Brickworks Market Redevelopment

Roflcopter wrote:Do we really need another Woolworths? :roll:
Yes i would of preferred a Foodland supermarket with small businesses. But then again i dont think the decision is final so we will have to wait and see.
by Straze
Thu May 27, 2010 2:39 pm
Forum: Visions & Suggestions
Topic: My Adelaide Light Rail Vision
Replies: 36
Views: 10916

Re: My Adelaide Light Rail Vision

CITY LOOP TRAMLINE - The City Loop Tramline route will use the existing track along North Terrace between the West End and King William Street/King William Road intersection, then head east to the Royal Adelaide Hospital, south along East Terrace & Hutt Street, west along South Terrace and back ...
by Straze
Wed May 26, 2010 12:48 pm
Forum: Metropolitan Development
Topic: [COM] Brickworks Redevelopment | $70m
Replies: 205
Views: 82103

[COM] Re: #PRO - Brickworks Market Redevelopment

This article is from the Weekly Times Messenger: Pollution sticking point in Brickworks arm-wrestle CAR bodies, tyres, agricultural chemicals and building materials containing asbestos fill the pugholes that tell the story of the Brickworks’ former life at Thebarton. The contamination is now at the ...
by Straze
Fri May 14, 2010 3:03 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: Federal Budget 2010
Replies: 8
Views: 2057

Re: Federal Budget 2010

What i am getting at is that there are projects that need to be done now and some that can wait, Kevin Rudd says he is a conservative yet whats he doing putting us right back into debt, after the Howard goverment worked hard to get this country back into surplus. I approve of some of the plans put f...
by Straze
Fri May 14, 2010 12:48 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: Federal Budget 2010
Replies: 8
Views: 2057

Re: Federal Budget 2010

http://www.budget.gov.au/2010-11/content/overview/html/index.htm I'm struggling to get on the website at the moment to find the details. I think it might be a good idea to keep budget posts here until the dust settles. The Tiser reports http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/in-depth/australian-rail-tr...
by Straze
Fri May 14, 2010 11:35 am
Forum: Metropolitan Development
Topic: [COM] Brickworks Redevelopment | $70m
Replies: 205
Views: 82103

[COM] Re: #PRO - Brickworks Market Redevelopment

I think it would be best to give up with the Brickworks Markets, once upon a time flea markets like this were popular amongst South Australians but now with Harbour Town, the Mile End Homemaker Centre and East End markets close by the Brickworks Markets are pretty much dead like the Paddys Market wh...
by Straze
Thu May 13, 2010 12:10 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: O-Bahn
Replies: 1746
Views: 434660

Re: #PRO: City Busway - O-Bahn to West Tce

This article is from the City Messenger. Transport Dept tapping in to your phone THE Transport Department has been tapping into peoples’ mobile phones to determine the best route for the new $61 million O-Bahn extension to the city. Tracking devices which pick up bluetooth signals from mobile phones...
by Straze
Thu May 13, 2010 12:07 pm
Forum: CBD Development
Topic: [COM] Victoria Square Upgrade - $24m
Replies: 1661
Views: 410744

[COM] Re: PRO: Victoria Square Upgrade

This article is from the City Messenger. Victoria Square rebirth to fuel jobs, tourism boom REVITALISING Victoria Square will boost the precinct’s population and visitors by 20 per cent - and create up to 2300 jobs - a new study reveals. The economic study obtained by the City Messenger has found th...
by Straze
Wed May 12, 2010 9:40 pm
Forum: Metropolitan Development
Topic: COM: [Gepps Cross] Home HQ Gepp X | $170m
Replies: 105
Views: 42632

Re: #COM: Home HQ Gepp X| $170m | 60,000sqm | Gepps Cross

I couldn't find a list of the Gepps X Home HQ shops anywhere online, so I compiled one for my own purposes, based on walking around the site. Thought I'd post it here for whatever it's worth. Gepps X Home HQ complex Baby Bunting Barbeques Galore BCF (Boating Camping Fishing) Beacon Lighting Beaumon...
by Straze
Sun May 09, 2010 10:07 pm
Forum: Metropolitan Development
Topic: News & Developments: Port Adelaide
Replies: 1180
Views: 422542

Re: Is it too late to save the Port?

I have read the - Port Adelaide Centre Vision and Framework on the Port Adelaide/Enfield council website, i have to say i like it, the vision is well planned out and has great elements. The vision includes revitalizing the Port Adelaide regional centre but still retaining the historic nature of the ...
by Straze
Wed May 05, 2010 5:22 pm
Forum: CBD Development
Topic: [COM] Rundle Mall Redevelopment | $30m
Replies: 1240
Views: 315820

[COM] Re: SOS for 'dying' Rundle Mall

They did say that Woolworths Liquor might be moving to another location in the CBD though but no specific details on where that will be. The snackbar wasnt doing so well anyway as there is many food courts in Rundle Mall to choose from, there are also many internet cafes to compete with in the CBD. ...
by Straze
Wed May 05, 2010 11:33 am
Forum: CBD Development
Topic: [COM] Rundle Mall Redevelopment | $30m
Replies: 1240
Views: 315820

[COM] Re: SOS for 'dying' Rundle Mall

Last week i attended a Woolworths Group Assessment for the Rundle Mall store, what we were told was that the store is changing a fair bit. There are going to be small stores at the front with Woolworths at the back, the liquor, internet cafe and snack bar are gone, there will be express checkouts an...
by Straze
Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:57 pm
Forum: Metropolitan Development
Topic: News & Developments: Port Adelaide
Replies: 1180
Views: 422542

Re: Trucks holding back Port revival

THE large volume of trucks taking shortcuts through the town centre is the major block holding back the Port’s revival, the Newport Quays consortium says. Newport Quays spokesman Todd Brown urged a Port Adelaide Enfield Chamber of Commerce forum last week to push authorities to redirect the trucks,...