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Nathan wrote:Very good news! I was expecting the rollout to be a slow burner as money is drip fed, so the fact they're going to just go the whole hog at once is a nice surprise.

Llessur2002 wrote:smiling man with coffee and newspaper, a 1940s ukulele player, the artist formerly known as Prince in a khaki onesie etc.

To be fair, some of the people they've snuck into the render are from Adelaide — not just dumped in from stock libraries.

Can Adelaide’s laneways rival those of Melbourne?

Melbourne is renowned for its vibrant laneway culture, but the party is just getting started in Adelaide and our variety of urban spaces offers many design advantages, writes landscape architect Tim O’Loan. He looks at the tale of two cities.



Peter Allen said “everything old is new again”, and so it has been with Melbourne’s much-loved laneways over the 2000s. But are they really as interesting, fresh and engaging as they used to be, or has the sparkle faded?

Although based in Melbourne, I’ve travelled to Adelaide dozens of times over the past few years and am always intrigued to see a bit of colour and movement in the city’s laneways.

Full Article : http://indaily.com.au/opinion/2016/09/0 ... melbourne/

Norman wrote:The Market to Riverbank project will be done in stages, starting with Bank Street and snaking its way to the Market.

Bank Street: Jan 2017-Mar 2017
Leigh Street: Mar 2017-May 2017
Topham Mall: May 2017-Jul 2017
Bentham Street: Jul 2017-Aug 2017
Pitt Street: Aug 2017-Oct 2017

Gawler Place upgrade is not scheduled to start until March 2018, and should be completed by November 2018.

Joelmark wrote:

Norman wrote:The Market to Riverbank project will be done in stages, starting with Bank Street and snaking its way to the Market.

Bank Street: Jan 2017-Mar 2017
Leigh Street: Mar 2017-May 2017
Topham Mall: May 2017-Jul 2017
Bentham Street: Jul 2017-Aug 2017
Pitt Street: Aug 2017-Oct 2017

Gawler Place upgrade is not scheduled to start until March 2018, and should be completed by November 2018.

Hi Norman,

How did you find the schedule? I've been googling this occasionally and cannot find anything except for the announcement that funds were committed in June this year. Many thanks.

Norman wrote:The Market to Riverbank project will be done in stages, starting with Bank Street and snaking its way to the Market.

Bank Street: Jan 2017-Mar 2017
Leigh Street: Mar 2017-May 2017
Topham Mall: May 2017-Jul 2017
Bentham Street: Jul 2017-Aug 2017
Pitt Street: Aug 2017-Oct 2017

Gawler Place upgrade is not scheduled to start until March 2018, and should be completed by November 2018.

Adelaide's Peel Street laneway a car-free small bars zone over summer



Peel Street in the Adelaide CBD will be closed to traffic over summer weekends to help attract more people to an area that has become a small bars hub.

A previous trial almost two years ago achieved a 30 per cent rise in pedestrian traffic at times, and there were fewer issues between people and vehicles in the laneway, authorities said.

City of Adelaide Minister John Rau the latest trial might pave the way for more regular closures of Peel Street to vehicle traffic.

"If it goes well — and all of the people involved in it are positive about it — I can't see any reason we wouldn't extend it," he said.

Mr Rau said about 14 venues would be operating in the city lane by Christmas, when "a couple of years ago all you could find was tumbleweed".

"We're trying to make sure that this street continues to grow, continues to develop," he said.

Leigh Street, another city lane nearby, was permanently closed to traffic in mid-2012, and the State Government recently made $14.6 million available to upgrade it and several other CBD lanes in the area, from the Central Market to the Riverbank.

Full article : http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-02/p ... section=sa

Norman wrote:Consultation on Bank Street has begun, with concept plans released the other day.

You can access them here:
http://yoursay.adelaidecitycouncil.com/Bank-St

Kasey771 wrote:

Norman wrote:Consultation on Bank Street has begun, with concept plans released the other day.

You can access them here:
http://yoursay.adelaidecitycouncil.com/Bank-St

So its basically a road with a few trees in the middle of it? Gee I hope the speed limit is 10kph! (just over walking pace)
They finally pulled the trigger on Peel Street.
Are the ACC that petrified of offending the car lobby that they cant just go the whole hog and make it a pedestrian only street?

Waewick wrote:

Kasey771 wrote:

Norman wrote:Consultation on Bank Street has begun, with concept plans released the other day.

You can access them here:
http://yoursay.adelaidecitycouncil.com/Bank-St

So its basically a road with a few trees in the middle of it? Gee I hope the speed limit is 10kph! (just over walking pace)
They finally pulled the trigger on Peel Street.
Are the ACC that petrified of offending the car lobby that they cant just go the whole hog and make it a pedestrian only street?

In Adelaide there is a process.

1.announce progressive policy
2.deal with outcry from conservatives or people don't see a benefit directly to them.
3.scale back progressive idea to keep critics happy
4.roll out scaled down plan
5.once critics use prgressive idea and see how good it is, cop critisicm for not doing it properly in the first time
6.propose going ahead will full progressive policy
7.get hounded down for excessive consultation and wasting time.
8.roll out progressive policy.


In the case of the ACC and bikes they usually have a couple more steps
4.1 get indpedent review to confirm their plan
4.2 get another review if it disagrees with twhat they are considering
4.3 ignore review and do what they want anyway.

[Shuz] wrote:Jee... like those hypocritical Liberals who built a one way expressesy.