News & Developments: Prospect

[Eurostar]

Huge new development proposed for Prospect Road

https://plan.sa.gov.au/have_your_say/no ... n?aid=7117

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Wasn't there meant to be a development down the road on the corner of Prospect and Regency roads?

Prospect 1897 or something like that i think

[Norman]

Huge new development proposed for Prospect Road

https://plan.sa.gov.au/have_your_say/no ... n?aid=7117

Looking forward to this one, it will transform the site from multiple properties with massive fences to an area with street activation and a bit of extra height. Great to see!

[rev]

Excavators on site today working.

The former to-be Kaufland site

Construction of affordable homes and rentals at Prospect to begin by end of year

Posted 20h ago20 hours ago, updated 20h ago



The state government says South Australians looking for affordable homes and rentals will be able to move in to a new development in Adelaide's inner-north from 2025.

Renewal SA announced the $80 million project on the corner of Churchill and Regency Roads at Prospect almost two years ago, with work due to start by the end of this year.

The state government said a minimum of 27 of the 108 townhouses will be affordable to buy, while a minimum of 72 apartments would be leased to eligible tenants at less than 75 per cent of market rate, subject to federal funding.

Couples or families earning $130,000 or less, or single people earning $100,000 or less, will be eligible to buy the affordable townhouses.

The government said the current price point for affordable homes in the greater Adelaide area was $417,000 to $479,000.

Ben Griffiths welcomed the announcement for more affordable housing in the inner suburbs.

Mr Griffiths said he and his partner had been looking to buy a home for the past couple of years and said the struggle had caused "a lot of heartache and strife".

He said there were "not a lot of options" in their budget of under $400,000 in an "incredibly tough" market.

"We're looking to try and get in anywhere, and it's not easy," he said.

Minister for Housing and Urban Development Nick Champion said the project was the latest in a string of housing initiatives announced by the state government this year as the housing affordability crisis continues.

"We are in a housing crisis and a housing emergency and it's an economic, social and moral challenge for the whole of society," he said.


Last week, the government announced 161 affordable homes and 25 affordable rentals were to be built at Munno Para, in the state's north.

It follows a number of land releases announced by the state government this year, including the construction of properties at Aldinga, Noarlunga Downs and Golden Grove.

Premier Peter Malinauskas said his government remained interested in developing large parcels of land around Adelaide to address the housing shortage.

He said sites including the Keswick Barracks and the former West End Brewery at Thebarton were on Renewal SA's radar.

He said the state government were in "active negotiations" with the federal government over the Keswick Barracks with the idea of creating a "thoughtful urban renewal project with a keen eye on affordable housing".

"We think the Keswick Barracks site is under-utilised," he said.

"It is a highly valuable site close to the CBD, immediately adjacent [to] high quality public transport infrastructure.

"We want to get it and we're in negotiations with the federal government to achieve that."

He said the site of the former West End Brewery, which announced it was closing in 2020, was likely "of interest to a number of players".

"The West End site is undoubtedly a really significant and strategically important parcel of land," he said.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-10/ ... /102837598

[[Shuz]]

Absolute missed opportunity to build a new school to help cope with demand in the area.

[rev]

Absolute missed opportunity to build a new school to help cope with demand in the area.

A school would be better at the Islington rail yard site across the road if they ever move them on from there. It's far larger and has more room for ovals/grass fields and such.
The ridiculous thing is so many schools in the general area have closed, instead of consolidating them into a larger school, we now need to build new schools. South Australia does it again lol.

[abc]

Absolute missed opportunity to build a new school to help cope with demand in the area.

A school would be better at the Islington rail yard site across the road if they ever move them on from there. It's far larger and has more room for ovals/grass fields and such.
The ridiculous thing is so many schools in the general area have closed, instead of consolidating them into a larger school, we now need to build new schools. South Australia does it again lol.

lol great idea, lets build a schoolyard on one of the most contaminated pieces of land in the state

the expertise in this place is off the charts

[rev]

Absolute missed opportunity to build a new school to help cope with demand in the area.

A school would be better at the Islington rail yard site across the road if they ever move them on from there. It's far larger and has more room for ovals/grass fields and such.
The ridiculous thing is so many schools in the general area have closed, instead of consolidating them into a larger school, we now need to build new schools. South Australia does it again lol.

lol great idea, lets build a schoolyard on one of the most contaminated pieces of land in the state

the expertise in this place is off the charts

Instead of always trying to be a smart ass and putting people down or pretending to be some big shot ecommerce guy, why don't you actually contribute something positive for a change.

It would be no different to the housing and parks & reserves in nearby Brompton and Bowden which have been built on land that was highly contaminated. But you wouldn't know anything that.

[Llessur2002]

lol great idea, lets build a schoolyard on one of the most contaminated pieces of land in the state

the expertise in this place is off the charts

Speaking from a professional background in contaminated land remediation - you can build most things on most types of contaminated site. The level of remediation required will depend on the type and extent of the contamination and the end use.

Very generally, some of the biggest problems arise where the end use may involve the growing of food in contaminated soil - so primarily residential buildings with gardens. Not so much of an issue in a school setting, although even if an edible garden area was required this could easily be accommodated through removal and replacing of contaminated soil, barriers, raised planters etc.

Vapour from contaminants in the soil can also be an issue but primarily within indoor spaces - and are very mitigable through barriers, ventilation and monitoring.

Theoretically, regardless of the level of contamination (and excluding rare situations such as radioactivity, unexploded ordnance etc), even heavily contaminated sites can be developed with minimal remediation - especially if the end result does not include residential gardens. The situation changes if groundwater is threatened and/or contamination is mobile and/or if local development regulations stipulate a level of remediation over and above the minimum required to make the site safe for the end user - but not all remediation action is necessarily targeted at protecting the end users of the site.

In short, I can't think of many reasons why a school couldn't be built and operated perfectly safely on most contaminated sites.

What are pathways via which a student could be exposed to any residual underlying soil contamination which cannot be mitigated through proven methods?

[EBG]

I passed by the old gas works site at Bowden yesterday and there is some sprinkler pipe all around the site at the top fence railing height which was venting off some obnoxious gases.

[Nathan]

I passed by the old gas works site at Bowden yesterday and there is some sprinkler pipe all around the site at the top fence railing height which was venting off some obnoxious gases.

The misters aren't venting the gasses, it's for suppressing the smells and dust.

[EBG]

Well what ever the systems was the whole site stinks.

[Pistol]

Yeah that site has some putrid smells coming from it.
If there is a southerly, you can smell it as far away as Hawker Street.

I would hate to be living near that site at the moment