City of Perth Planning Strategy

[kimjames]

I live in Melbourne but I love Perth. Such an amazing city. My cousins live up there so go there a lot. 👌

[westbr]

im glad to see the city is thinking about this. I will say that there needs to be a focus on land-conscious use. encourage developers to develop upwards instead of flat, and horizontal. Air space seems remarkably underused at the moment, and in some areas, one or two story buildings are taking up land space that could easily accomodate one or two other buildings.

[BDub]

What light rail? That's all been cancelled a decade ago. Any light rail options need to built in parkland, tunnels or existing heavy rail tracks. Major city roads have been narrowed with footpaths widened, cycle tracks, islands, tree plantings on lanes where cars used to drive. that means that light rail in the CBD is very difficult now. They've made the city better for pedestrians and to limit car usage. But impact is that any possibility of light rail is over. Does that mean you should use light rail up Kings Park road through Kings Park for tourists and then into UWA and hospital precinct? But the promise of cable cars keeps occurring. Then is there any chance of going through Vic Park to Stadium or Curtin? You would need tunnelling now or driving along Langley Park or along the rail line near Royal Perth.
Even along the river, you now have riverside drive cut in two and there are winding journeys around the quay to limit car usage. So light rail there isn't possible.

[darylwilson]

Cycle ways and light rail. Lol.
Underground please.

[MarcoCholo-izjs]

That's a Perth of around 6.4 million people probably after the mid century. By 2030 Perth is supposed to edge past 3 million and approach its 4th million alot quicker than its 3rd million. So me thinks by late 2050s Perth will have over 6.5 million which puts it 1.5 million people more than Melbourne and Sydney presently.

[BDub]

Addressing climate change? If you're saying make the city cooler from more trees and man made shelters then that is fine. Possibly more airconditioned semi outdoor areas cooled through solar (until a building provides shade!). More trees essential. Attempting to make Perth the garden capital is great for tourism and to cool city. Setting buildings further back allows more light, more gardens and less wind tunnells. But how committed are City of Perth really. Far easier to maximise the buildings on the space and collect revenues. So is climate change an honest policy or is it about putting meaningless gardens on balconies doing nothing.