The South Australian Government is opposed funding the ongoing maintenance of a new River Torrens footbridge for Adelaide City Council.
SA Transport Minister Patrick Conlon has dismissed paying the council.
"We're not very attracted to that because we act on behalf of the taxpayer. Why would we impose a burden on the taxpayer if we didn't have to?" he said.
Deputy Lord Mayor David Plumridge said the council owned and controlled the other public bridges in the city.
[COM] Torrens Footbridge | $40m
[COM] Re: #APP: Torrens Footbridge (Festival Centre to Adelaide Ov
is this fair? the state govt builds a bridge and requires the ACC (i.e. CBD ratepayers) to pay for its upkeep. In my mind that means the ACC has ~$20k pa less for other CBD work.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
[COM] Re: #APP: Torrens Footbridge (Festival Centre to Adelaide Ov
that is an interesting conundrum
quite frankly it shouldn't be the ACC cost to pay....but please I don't want the first toll in Adelaide to be on a footbridge
perhaps the SMA should be forced to pay for it given they are the main beneficiary of it.
quite frankly it shouldn't be the ACC cost to pay....but please I don't want the first toll in Adelaide to be on a footbridge
perhaps the SMA should be forced to pay for it given they are the main beneficiary of it.
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[COM] Re: #APP: Torrens Footbridge (Festival Centre to Adelaide Ov
SA Transport Minister Patrick Conlon has dismissed paying the council.
"We're not very attracted to that because we act on behalf of the taxpayer. Why would we impose a burden on the taxpayer if we didn't have to?" he said.
CONLON = IMBECILE.
What does he think ratepayers are, if not taxpayers.
What an absolute WANKER
"We're not very attracted to that because we act on behalf of the taxpayer. Why would we impose a burden on the taxpayer if we didn't have to?" he said.
CONLON = IMBECILE.
What does he think ratepayers are, if not taxpayers.
What an absolute WANKER
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[COM] Re: #APP: Torrens Footbridge (Festival Centre to Adelaide Ov
However it is redesigned, just make it look good!
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The state government is not in the business of micro managing. Most of the increased income that will be generated by the redevelopment of the precinct will flow to the ACC through carparking, increased business activity in the CBD and rates. $20,000 is peanuts to what will be coming in.
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good point - i did not think of that. i think you hit the nail on the head.mattblack wrote:Most of the increased income that will be generated by the redevelopment of the precinct will flow to the ACC through carparking, increased business activity in the CBD and rates. $20,000 is peanuts to what will be coming in.
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Hmmm....
Concern about width of planned $40 million bridge across the River Torrens to Adelaide Oval
Jesper Fjeldstad
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November 08, 201210:00PM
THE footbridge across the River Torrens to Adelaide Oval is planned to be only 8m wide - up to 4m narrower than football and cricket leaders wanted.
Both SANFL president John Olsen and his SACA counterpart Ian McLachlan asked for a wider bridge, but now fear the $40 million development will be a bottleneck as an estimated 24,000 people seek to use it as they leave the Oval on busy days.
Planning, Transport and Infrastructure department chief executive Rod Hook has moved to ease their concerns, saying best advice had recommended the narrower version.
Mr Hook conceded there would be a squeeze at times but that had to be balanced against having the appropriate design to fit into the city environment.
Mr Olsen said the SMA, a joint venture between football and cricket, had written to the Government requesting a 10m-wide bridge while internationally credentialled consultants had had advised Mr McLachlan 12m was the ideal size, which prompted him to write to the Government.
It came after the initial request from the sporting bodies is understood to have been as wide as 18m.
Among football and crickets chief concerns were:
* Fears people would get frustrated with the bridge and spill up King William Rd as an alternative, creating traffic congestion.
* People being discouraged from using public transport after the bridge was designed to encourage people to take trains from Adelaide Railway Station.
* Simmering frustration among users of the bridge because of the slow-moving flow of traffic.
"We have not been officially advised about this, but it (8m) is too narrow," Mr McLachlan said. "I am extremely disappointed.
"We expected to be briefed about this at the next SMA board meeting this month."
Mr Olsen, speaking from overseas, said he was disappointed with the decision and feared the sporting bodies had no recourse.
"Once it was taken out of the Adelaide Oval budget, I don't think there's anything we can do," Mr Olsen said.
But Mr Hook was confident his office had made the right call, and said it had not been a decision that had been taken lightly. Nor was it made narrower purely as a cost-saving measure.
"We had it well researched," Mr Hook said.
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[COM] Re: SWP: Torrens Footbridge | $30m
FFS this is getting ridiculous, just build the goddamned footbridge. Oh and $40 Million now? $40 Million!
[COM] Re: SWP: Torrens Footbridge | $30m
$40m is a lot of money for a footbridge! Good golly. Is it made of marble?
8m is still pretty wide-ish. That's about the equivalent of 2.5 car lanes wide, for comparison. Match day crowds will certainly be a bit of a squeeze on there. But from what I understand, they also intend to add on a footbridge to the eastern side of, or widen the eastern footpath on Morphett Street Bridge?
8m is still pretty wide-ish. That's about the equivalent of 2.5 car lanes wide, for comparison. Match day crowds will certainly be a bit of a squeeze on there. But from what I understand, they also intend to add on a footbridge to the eastern side of, or widen the eastern footpath on Morphett Street Bridge?
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[COM] Re: SWP: Torrens Footbridge | $30m
The state's chief planner Rod Hook joins Keith and John to talk about the Adelaide Oval Footbridge. He denies claims the $40 million bridge will be too narrow.
http://www.fiveaa.com.au/article_new-fo ... all_113925
http://www.fiveaa.com.au/article_new-fo ... all_113925
[COM] Re: SWP: Torrens Footbridge | $30m
forgive my ignorance... but how exactly will this cost $40m?
there are so many better things we could spend that money on!
there are so many better things we could spend that money on!
[COM] Re: SWP: Torrens Footbridge | $30m
+1omada wrote:FFS this is getting ridiculous, just build the goddamned footbridge.
[COM] Re: SWP: Torrens Footbridge | $30m
Only Adelaide could F*ck@rse about so much over a bloody footbridge:( grromada wrote:FFS this is getting ridiculous, just build the goddamned footbridge. Oh and $40 Million now? $40 Million!
Big infrastructure investments are usually under-valued and & over-criticized while in the planning stage. It's much easier to envision the here and now costs and inconveniences, and far more difficult to imagine fully the eventual benefits.
[COM] Re: SWP: Torrens Footbridge | $30m
Lets just hope after all this time, debate and money being spent on it they get it right! Will be even more annoying if they go through all this crap only to build a non practical eyesore. Having said that IMO 18m is far to wide yet 8m is too narrow, split the difference yeah.
[COM] Re: SWP: Torrens Footbridge | $30m
I can't believe behind the scenes to-ing and fro-ing over the width of a pedestrian bridge actually makes news in Adelaide.
Seriously ridiculous.
Seriously ridiculous.
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