NEW TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYDNEY
12 Aug 2015
Shared by AILA NSW President, Gareth Collins: The NSW Government is predicting 1 million more people every 10 years in Sydney. To accommodate this, the government is building new transport infrastructure.
Shared by AILA NSW President, Gareth Collins: The NSW Government is predicting 1 million more people every 10 years in Sydney. To accommodate this, the government is building new transport infrastructure.
Adding this new transport infrastructure to existing transport commitments is creating a project 'wave' of work that is unprecedented. New rail and light rail project procurement is dramatically increasing and the road and maritime infrastructure project spend is doubling in the next few years.
This has major implications for the landscape industry. Many more landscape architects, horticulturists, soil scientists and landscape contractors will be required to work on these projects.
Frameworks, strategies and better design outcomes will be needed. More materials will be in demand including a dramatic increase in high quality plants, seeds, soil, stone, gravel and mulch. There will also be a stronger commitment and responsibility for safety in design.
The Forward Work Plan document has been just released by the government which provides an overview of the projects that will be planned, designed and built by RMS and its partners in the next 5 years. It is a significant body of work that has an effect on our built environment, and all RMS projects require a registered landscape architect to work on them.
In addition, all the projects are of course related to other developments requiring landscape architects such as rail stations, hospitals, Badgerys Creek airport, Western Sydney Employment Area the NorthWest and SouthWest growth centres and improved access to the regions, towns and cities of NSW.
There are implications in this period of work in terms of: 'greening the grey' infrastructure; achieving design excellence and a quality legacy; working with other departments and councils to ensure provision of parks, greenways and open space; gearing up to work on the other related development catalysed by transport; engaging with the community; working with regulatory bodies and stakeholders; and advocating for better design outcomes and more extensive and meaningful engagement of registered landscape architects
