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by dbl96
Fri Apr 19, 2024 2:55 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Airport & Airlines
Replies: 3110
Views: 980984

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Airport & Airlines

Can guarantee this won’t happen before we get China southern and Cathay back. It’s frustrating because those two are going to take a while to come back, and United are interested NOW, not in 5 years time, now. Bloody hell wish we didn’t have to wait on the Chinese all the time. Hardly a surprise. W...
by dbl96
Fri Apr 19, 2024 2:26 pm
Forum: Metropolitan Development
Topic: Cedar Woods Glenside
Replies: 35
Views: 26676

Re: Cedar Woods Glenside

Housing Minister Nick Champion backs 20-storey residential apartment tower heights for Glenside Apartment towers of up to 20 storeys are proposed for Adelaide’s inner east and the new “super” Housing Minister wants to talk about more. https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/housing-mini...
by dbl96
Fri Apr 19, 2024 2:17 pm
Forum: CBD Development
Topic: [PRO] 188 Grenfell Street | 14lvls | 46m | Mixed Use
Replies: 75
Views: 23803

[PRO] Re: 188 Grenfell Street | 14lvls | 46m | Mixed Use

why don't they just build this on the partially demolished Wright Street Hotel or the partially demolished King's Head hotel instead, since there's nothing else going on there right now. Or build it on the low-rise Wilson's parking next door. Literally anywhere else is better than this. So many der...
by dbl96
Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:05 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6043
Views: 1460945

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains

I'm curious - what do people see as the purpose of bringing back rail services to Roseworthy and the Barossa Valley? Is it so that those areas can lose their "country charm" and become more sprawling suburbs full of detached housing for people who commute further to the Adelaide CBD? Is i...
by dbl96
Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:41 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Airport & Airlines
Replies: 3110
Views: 980984

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Airport & Airlines

Three times a week Adelaide to the other side of the planet? We've barely scratched the surface with direct flights to the Asian continent. True, but more Australians visit the US than every Asian country except Indonesia (Bali), so demand is clearly there. At the end of last year, the top destinat...
by dbl96
Wed Apr 10, 2024 5:31 pm
Forum: CBD Development
Topic: [COM] Festival Plaza Tower 1 | 115m | 27 Levels | Office
Replies: 2056
Views: 590381

[COM] Re: Festival Plaza Incl. 115m Tower | $800 million

We already knew back last year that the government was in discussions with Walker regarding the potential relocation of staff from the State Administration Centre to fill a second Festival Plaza tower. Honestly this wouldn't be a bad thing. That whole government precinct bordered between Victoria S...
by dbl96
Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:33 am
Forum: CBD Development
Topic: [COM] Festival Plaza Tower 1 | 115m | 27 Levels | Office
Replies: 2056
Views: 590381

[COM] Re: Festival Plaza Incl. 115m Tower | $800 million

It's also interesting to hear the media say 'one of the tallest' and not the 'tallest'. Possibly this originates in the government press release. I can see why they would want to avoid bandying about the fact that this will be the tallest, given how controversial the tower already is. Re the commen...
by dbl96
Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:01 am
Forum: CBD Development
Topic: [COM] Festival Plaza Tower 1 | 115m | 27 Levels | Office
Replies: 2056
Views: 590381

[COM] Re: Festival Plaza Incl. 115m Tower | $800 million

How? Magic (Premier Malinaskus’s economic plan and the State prosperity project) Not really. Malinauskus has been good for PR, but the positive trends were well in place right back to the Weatherill era with increased investment and better image. SA then did really well through COVID under Marshall...
by dbl96
Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:03 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Airport & Airlines
Replies: 3110
Views: 980984

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Airport & Airlines

I'm intrigued about exactly ONE direct passenger to Ho Chi Minh City.... I wonder how the "indirect" number is derived. Los Angeles is the on;y North American city on the list - do people really go there as the destination, or do they lly Qantas or Virgin Adelaide-Sydney-Los Angeles then ...
by dbl96
Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:33 pm
Forum: Metropolitan Development
Topic: Riverlea (Buckland Park) | 12,000 dwellings | $3b
Replies: 472
Views: 62916

Re: Riverlea (Buckland Park) | 12,000 dwellings | $3b

It would be wise to: - Reserve land for a rail corridor - Or, even wiser, halt all further development and rip up the nasty, cheap contract with Walker Corp. Agreed. The issue is that they did not reserve land for a rail corridor, and they are now building on top of all the land that could have bee...
by dbl96
Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:57 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [VIS] Passenger Trains to Mount Barker
Replies: 210
Views: 46327

[VIS] Re: Passenger Trains to Mount Barker

Considering that Balhannah and Hahndorf are at very similar elevations above sea level, that is a very steep railway from Bridgewater to Hahndorf. Bridgewater is at approximately 400m above sea level, and Hahndorf is at approximately 350m. The proposed alignment is at a minimum 5000m between the tw...
by dbl96
Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:53 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Airport & Airlines
Replies: 3110
Views: 980984

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Airport & Airlines

Interesting statistics - though a little-bit outdated (pre-covid): Adelaide flight movements.JPG Top 10 cities without regular direct flights from Adelaide, listed in order of point-to-point passenger numbers in 2018: 1. London 2. Delhi 3. Christchurch 4. Ho Chi Minh 5. Los Angeles 6. Tokyo 7. Phuke...
by dbl96
Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:46 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [U/C] M2 North-South Motorway
Replies: 6187
Views: 1502527

[U/C] Re: M2 North-South Motorway

One of the key reasons federal Labor allowed for record high levels of migration over the last two years has been to prevent a recession occurring. Whilst the government was successful in avoiding recession, it has led to a huge shortfall in housing stock and unsustainable prices as abc and others ...
by dbl96
Sat Mar 09, 2024 4:07 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [U/C] Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Replies: 389
Views: 111103

[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line

In response to the above, I meant via extending it beyond Port Dock, and connecting it to the OH line somewhere near Peterhead. The current alignment via Commercial Rd and Ethelton would be closed. A new station near Glanville could be built. The issue is it creates a second short working on a line...
by dbl96
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:02 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6043
Views: 1460945

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains

They’re sadly mistaken if they think a hypothetical rural train service from Port Augusta is going to run through Elizabeth enroute to Adelaide….. Exactly. Salisbury has far better geography for becoming the hub of the northern suburbs and second CBD of Adelaide than Elizabeth does. Elizabeth's CBD...