stumpjumper wrote:[...]
Anyway, I'd like Santa to cancel the proposed higher density developments in our suburbs.
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Let's get the city up and moving, then worry about the suburbs. Restricting medium rise development to the city (and a few special areas like Glenelg) will increase land and property values in the city and encourage the development of thos e vacant lots.
A vibrant city for Christmas, thanks.
Hear, hear! Yes, let's do the city first and the TODs (those serviced by rail) and all the empty lots that can be surrounded by greenery.
My wish is for...
1. Sane, intelligent and sustainable developments, without strangulating our wide boulevards! Hehehe!
2. Take traffic out of laneways and narrow roads. Paved them, put in trees, flower pots, tables and chairs. Bring in the musicians and let the beer flow!
3. Expand the bus and tram system to feed heavy rail.
4. Underground a loop or a through line in the CBD.
5. Light rail to the Airport to make ours the best in the land.
6. Add a hotel there too.
7. Like Maximus I want another international airline here...but I'll be greedy. I want a Chinese airline to bring us masses of tourists. Still being greedy I want an Indian airline too, maybe one backed by the Arabs.
8. Improve our passenger terminal at Outer Harbor so that we can lobby for a cruise ship to homeport here during summer.
9. Dig up our south parklands and install underground water reservoirs.
10. Finally raise the maximum height limit in the CBD to 200 metres AHD (that is approximately 155 metres above street level). If you were expecting 200 metres from street level sorry, but remember to consider the boom arm on the FAVCOs too...
Cheers