Parth Sharma’s Post

Whelly Hill Farm , near Hart Village.

When people move into a new area, they make transport decisions and establish new transport habits. Those habits stick. That’s why the old way of developing suburbs of houses with the promise that local community facilities (schools, libraries, etc) and public transport will come later sets us up for ongoing car dependency. We’d never dream of letting housing estates be built without car infrastructure. Why do we allow them to be built without active transport, social, health, and commercial infrastructure?

Canton water falls New York

Little River Canyon Falls Park, AL

Waterton Lakes National Park

#PinellasCounty #PublicWorks' Coastal Management team developed this #beach report card to track changes in erosion, sea turtle disorientation, public access and more! This dashboard is updated annually and helps us manage our coastal assets, critical habitats, and recreational spaces better. Take a look! #APWA #NPWW #AQOLFA #CoastalManagement

Bronte Beach, NSW

https://lnkd.in/dagKfBSc Isn't it great when a project keeps on giving. Thirty years ago last month we held the North Arncliffe Charrette, the first in NSW. Bob Meyer and Peter R (for Robinson) were the lead consultants and the charrette team included Paul Murrain, Wendy Morris, Chris Stapleton, David White and others that I never see on LinkedIN (but let me know if you're out there). As the Director of Planning for Rockdale CC, my objectives were to: 1. Extend the planned airport rail line to the East Hills Line where it crossed the Main Southern Line, giving a very powerful (in urbanist terms) focus to the redevelopment of North Arncliffe (now named Wolli Creek); 2. Divert the freeway from as much of the Wolli Creek valley as could possibly be achieved (thankyou The Hon. Carl Scully); 3. Protect Tempe House, its chapel and gardens; and 4. Demonstrate the value of rezoning North Arncliffe for a high density transit oriented development (#TOD). We achieved all of that and, when the rezoning was assured, the project passed first to Landco (David Chandler OAM) who secured the masterplan and then to a Landcom-Australand JV that I helped to set up thanks to the support of Sean O'Toole (I was at Landcom by then). When it was clear that it would be profitable Australand bought out Landcom and then Australand morphed into Frasers who delivered the project (well done Rod Fehring, Nigel Edgar and team). There is now just one building left to complete. Now Wolli Creek Park has been increased in area by about 10% to 45 Ha (thanks Minister Penny Sharpe) and it directly links with the Cook River open space and park network at its eastern end (see the link for a plan showing the acquired lands). All we need now is that long-promised footbridge to connect Discovery Point to Waterworth Park (please note Rod Fehring and Minister Sharpe).

I found a treasure map amongst the #secondhand books at Launceston City Mission weekend book sale. It was tucked into the TAMAR Outline Development Plan commissioned by the Tamar Regional Master Planning Authority in 1971. This Authority was established by local #councils in northern Tasmania in 1969 & lasted about 20 years. The 1971 Plan was intended to guide the Authority in creating 'a blueprint on broad lines for the future development of the Tamar Valley Region' (Angus Bethune then Premier). Lots in this report: demography, industry, natural resources, conservation, land use planning, potential governance models. Even citizen committees for accountability. There's awareness of nascent Federal Government interest in regional planning. This Authority & a similar southern authority did not survive - government and state corporations were not bound by its recommendations & by the early 1990s state wide planning was in play. But their reports are useful and overlap many of the issues we are still working on today. There is also renewed state and federal government interest in #regional #planning which is welcome. So certainly a forerunner of Northern Tasmania Development Corporation - NTDC #TEER #TEMT Visit Northern Tasmania #LREZS Chris Griffin Craig Perkins Linda Kelly GAICD Jo Fearman Local Government Association of Tasmania (LGAT) James McKee

Rock shelf near Culburra, NSW