Via Domainfax:
The suburban revolt against the NSW government’s medium density code is gathering pace, with four councils granted a 12-month delay of the new rules that make it easier for homeowners to build terraces on their properties.
Another five councils are seeking a deferral of the new planning rules to consider the impact of increased density.
Ryde, Canterbury Bankstown, Lane Cove and Northern Beaches councils have been granted a deferral of the code until July 2019.
…Chris Johnson, the chief executive of Urban Taskforce Australia, said more councils were likely to seek a moratorium on the introduction of the medium density code.
“What seems to be happening is that councils are using the missing middle code as a proxy for over development and championing its rejection to save their residents from change,” he said.
What is happening is that Sydneysiders are fed up with their standards of living being trashed by Chris Johnson and other Queen Lucy hacks that have decided in their wisdom that residents should be packed in like sardines.
More infrastucture strain as well:
Tom Ugly’s Bridge and Captain Cook Bridge over the Georges River are the major bottlenecks slowing down commuters travelling from the south of Sydney to the CBD, a new report warns.
The report from the NRMA and the Illawarra Business Chamber says it takes the same time to travel the final third of the journey from south of Sydney to the CBD as the initial two-thirds.
It says roads south of the city have failed to keep pace with traffic growth, leaving commuters battling worsening travel times and warns that there is an over-reliance on a limited number of main roads and a constrained rail network south of Sydney.
Have a listen to the fury:
Via 2GB yesterday:
Ray Hadley has offered an open invitation to chauffeur The Greater Sydney Commission’s Lucy Turnbull around Sydney after the PM’s wife claimed the city is “far from full”.
Her comments come after a report warns Sydney is lagging behind similar global cities when it comes to commute times and dealing with congestion.
The document, prepared for the Property Council, found Sydney has worse congestion than similarly sized cities.
Mrs Turnbull said Sydney is “far from full” but we need to make sure growth is well planned.
Well, Ray, along with a full board of open line callers, believe that’s complete nonsense.
“With all due respect Mrs Turnbull, it mightn’t be full at Point Piper, but come to south-west and western Sydney and you’ll see it’s more than full.
“But let me tell you, and it’s an open invitation to you Lucy, I’ll chauffeur you around.
“I’ll show you the explosion of many high-rise apartments, particularly in my area in north-western Sydney, which are unwanted.”
Listen to Ray’s comments in full below
Listener Greg, a firefighter from the upper North Shore calls in to warn the congestion is putting people’s lives at risk.
“We get delayed responses all the time.
“Any time of the day, trying to go up Pacific Highway or out to Ryde, someone’s going to die one day when we can’t get there in time.”
Michael from Belmore tells Ray the building of high-rises needs to “stop immediately”.
“Well Mrs Turnbull, I’ve been living in Belmore for 35 years, used to take me 20 minutes to get me down to the city to start work, it takes anywhere between an hour, an hour, 20 minutes now.”
Jennel from north-west Carlingford says “it’s unreal”.
“I tell you, it’s just getting worse and worse and worse.
It’s simple fact that Sydney standards of living are falling ever faster as Queen Lucy stuffs it full of people:
But if you think it’s bad now, just wait. It’s going to get a lot, lot worse as Sydney’s population soars ahead:
Under every scenario examined by Infrastructure Australia, traffic and access to all essential services and lifestyle get much worse:
The quality of life enjoyed in Sydney and Melbourne for generations is being destroyed before our very eyes. And for what? To service the needs of the palace at Point Piper and its fawning realty lords.
Time for the guillotine.
