Liberal dreams for Erindale

Primal said :

colourful sydney racing identity said :

The area needs a major overhaul not tinkering around the edges.

Some kind of ‘Master Plan’ perhaps?

http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/topics/significant_projects/planning_studies/tuggeranong_and_erindale_centres_planning_project

Primal said :

colourful sydney racing identity said :

The area needs a major overhaul not tinkering around the edges.

Some kind of ‘Master Plan’ perhaps?

http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/topics/significant_projects/planning_studies/tuggeranong_and_erindale_centres_planning_project

I think that you’ll find that ESDD (used to be ACTPLA), as part of their Erindale Master Plan (linked to above), conducted a study of traffic issues in Erindale. That study found that converting Gartside St to one-way didn’t really help the traffic operations as all of the traffic had to exit from one end of Gartside St, not both ends. It also found that there isn’t enough space to properly build angle parking on Gartside Street (as shown in the image above).

Follow the link above and then click on the blue box titled “Traffic, car parking and bus station – Erindale” to learn more about the work already undertaken by ESDD.

bikhet said :

DrKoresh said :

As an Erindale local I can attest to the s***tiness of Gartside st. That being said, a lot of the problem is the traffic there. Not only does everyone seem to drive like a psychopath in Erindale, the flow of traffic is poorly managed. I’m not sure adding more room on for cars will help unless they also tidy up the road, so that everyone can move about freely.

Agreed. Make Gartside Street a one-way street for a start.

Yea A One Way Street In Erindale-The Half Wits Wouldn’t Know What Direction To Drive,Even With Large Flashing Neon Signs And Armed Gaurds At Both Ends Of Gartside Street!
The “STOP” Sign At Denigan And Comrie Streets Is A good Example…

steveu said :

About time someone redeveloped erindale. Long overdue.

agree, but it needs more than a bit of a spit and polish, it needs a complete redevelopment.

About time someone redeveloped erindale. Long overdue.

Keijidosha said :

Interesting that the Libs claim they can renovate Gartside Street, providing more parking, better footpaths and improve landscaping for $225k. This says one of two things: Either they haven’t done their sums or Labor have been totally irresponsible in awarding roadwork contracts.

For comparison, Labor stumped up $165k last year to ‘improve’ an intersection in Belconnen, which consisted of nothing more than minor modification of two curbs and remarking some white lines.

Yea but that’s Labor look at the huge sums they manage to waste federally with nothing to show for it.

The place is extremely old and tired and well over due for a facelift.

They should make the whole area a car park (with trees and landscaping). Drive in or out at each end. There is no real need for a street directly through that area.

That’s my 2 cents.

CrocodileGandhi said :

I could help them fix many of the problems in that car park for a lot less than $225,000. They just need to give me a bucket of paint so that I can draw some arrows and make the bloody thing one-way. I’d be happy to do it for about $100.

The arrows don’t work at homeworld so they definitely won’t work at Erindale. That whole part of erindale is a disaster. I avoid it like the plague.e

Jungle Jim said :

pink little birdie said :

Erindale is the southsiders Dickson… Takeaway shops and restrauants.
One way would make Gartside Street so much better.

Sounds like I should be depressed about living in Wanniassa and working in Dickson.

But I’m not.

I wouldn’t be… Good food for lunch and dinner.

Erindale has the best Laksa I’ve tasted in Canberra. Dickson has the best Ramen.

KB1971 said :

johnboy said :

How would you tell?

[Inner Northican wanders smugly away]

It looks the same as the O’Connor shops………..

It only appears that way because of the permanent smug cloud. Most inner-north shops can be viewed in full technicolour with Hipstervision(tm).

pink little birdie said :

Erindale is the southsiders Dickson… Takeaway shops and restrauants.
One way would make Gartside Street so much better.

Sounds like I should be depressed about living in Wanniassa and working in Dickson.

But I’m not.

Erindale is the southsiders Dickson… Takeaway shops and restrauants.
One way would make Gartside Street so much better.

johnboy said :

How would you tell?

[Inner Northican wanders smugly away]

It looks the same as the O’Connor shops………..

I do like the desaturation in the top picture, makes it look like the zombie apocalypse is imminent in Erindale

Its like the Wizard of Oz, suddenly we have colour

Jungle Jim said :

voytek3 said :

Anyone that actually goes to Erindale at peak times let alone ever is a moron. That place is a complete wasteland hole that should be burned down like a barn full of livestock with mad cow disease.

Nice. So, you’re such an elitist that you think pretty much every person who lives in Wanniassa, Oxley, Monash, Gowrie and Fadden are morons?

Eat it, Voytek.

Yeah, Fadden is one of the most affluent suburbs in the country, IIRC. Besides, Erindale is thriving, economically speaking, it just looks like a squashed turd, but if you’re letting the aesthetics stop you going then i reckon you’re the moron.

voytek3 said :

Anyone that actually goes to Erindale at peak times let alone ever is a moron. That place is a complete wasteland hole that should be burned down like a barn full of livestock with mad cow disease.

Nice. So, you’re such an elitist that you think pretty much every person who lives in Wanniassa, Oxley, Monash, Gowrie and Fadden are morons?

Eat it, Voytek.

We’ve got plenty of parking up the road at the Wanniassa shops & heaps less aggro.

Looks exactly like what was put up at the master plan for Erindale – love it when the liberals rehash existing Labor policy, maybe it is more efficient? It is about time for the owners of the shopes and concrete carpark to take some responsibilty for the mess they have created by making eat street without a good parking strategy.

voytek3 said :

Anyone that actually goes to Erindale at peak times let alone ever is a moron. That place is a complete wasteland hole that should be burned down like a barn full of livestock with mad cow disease.

I shall just have to ask the Gymnastics people to relocate then. Or perhaps just reschedule all their classes to other times.

Yeah sure.

Moron

voytek3 said :

Anyone that actually goes to Erindale at peak times let alone ever is a moron. That place is a complete wasteland hole that should be burned down like a barn full of livestock with mad cow disease.

+1
I was forced to leave the safety of the Northside everyday to cross the lake into that s***hole to drop hubby off to work when he was running the servo there.