Page 4049 - Week 13 - Wednesday, 30 October 2013
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Future development sites that have frontage to Anketell Street will allow for the construction of buildings between six and eight storeys, with allowance for three towers. Development will step down to two to four storeys at the lake’s edge in order to maximise the lake views and retain appropriate scale. Development on the eastern side of the Tuggeranong pond will allow for buildings of two to three storeys between Drakeford Drive and the lake’s edge.
Open space focuses on a central park on the western side, which will provide high-quality urban parkland for recreational use. The existing shared-use path on the western side of Tuggeranong pond will be realigned to accommodate the development and will be extended to the southern section of the lake. The shared path will link the eastern shores of the pond via a new shared pedestrian and cycle bridge.
The Tuggeranong town centre master plan was prepared by the Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate, in parallel with the Land Development Agency’s Greenway lakeside master plan, throughout 2011. The Greenway lakeside precinct is incorporated into the Tuggeranong town centre master plan and reflects the development densities and building heights proposed in the master plan.
In September last year the ACT government announced what has been nearly two years worth of consultation in the Tuggeranong master plan. This 75-page document will guide the transformation of Tuggeranong. The ACT government has listened to residents and will be delivering up to another 7,800 new dwellings, transforming major streets into people-friendly boulevards and boosting the amount of on and off-street parking. The plan also sets out a sustainable direction for the area. With proper planning, the town centre’s street grid will establish views to the mountains, residential redevelopment that can take advantage of good solar orientation, walking and cycling links to Lake Tuggeranong and sunny, sheltered spaces for outdoor dining and relaxation.
The community consultation has been varied and comprehensive through the use of consultancy agents as well as working with ACTPLA and ESDD through the four consultation sessions to ensure the largest possible stakeholder engagement. Events such as a youth consultation road show, which went to local school and youth groups to have their views heard, as well as stakeholder interviews, community drop-ins and consultation with residents at the Tuggeranong Community Council and the Tuggeranong festival, ensured that no-one missed out on having their views heard.
With the plan now endorsed by the ACT government, the next step is, of course, the implementation of this plan. Southquay is the first step in this process, with future advancements being to prepare a precinct code which specifies land use, height and design details, which will encourage development and redevelopment and ensure it achieves the principles outlined in the master plan and start the territory plan variation process; to investigate options for private-public partnership establishments and look at land release of territory-owned land on section 19 and land around the foreshore; and to identify and prepare capital works proposals for public realm and infrastructure improvements for consideration by government in subsequent budgets.
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