With major redevelopment in Civic now finalising something’s going to need to be done to keep the concrete pumpers rolling in Canberra.
Fortunately Andrew Barr has leapt into action announcing draft master plans for Dickson and Kingston:
To ensure Dickson and Kingston continue to develop sustainably and that these communities have better access to supermarkets, retail, transport, housing and parking, I urge all members of the community to have a look at these planning documents and have their say.
The Dickson report proposes conditions being placed on the development of a new supermarket including that a new multi-story car park be built with retail space at the bottom before a new supermarket is built.
Both reports are available for public comment until 24 September.
Intriguingly the Kingston master plan is in formal portrait format while the Dickson one is hipster landscape.
I’m not entirely sure what that means.