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Wayno wrote:So my desire for high density living has already been achieved in one of the locations! sick joke i know...

Wayno wrote:...The northen most one also has a rail line nearby...

Ho Really wrote:

Wayno wrote:...The northen most one also has a rail line nearby...

Unfortunately there's no railway line there anymore. The Northfield line was ripped out some time ago. Would be good to see light rail there one day as a cross town service to Tea Tree Plaza...

Cheers

Wayno wrote:There's a few large-ish parcels of what appears to be undeveloped land within 10km of Adelaide CBD. The northern most one also has a rail line nearby. Who owns the land, and how best could it be used? opportunity for density housing?

parcel.JPG

Will409 wrote:
I think you mean had a railway line. The black line is the former alignment of Dry Creek to Northfield line which was closed in 1987.

Cruise wrote:

Will409 wrote:
I think you mean had a railway line. The black line is the former alignment of Dry Creek to Northfield line which was closed in 1987.

thankyou bannon

monotonehell wrote:

Cruise wrote:

Will409 wrote:
I think you mean had a railway line. The black line is the former alignment of Dry Creek to Northfield line which was closed in 1987.

thankyou bannon

What do you mean by that? It was a 2Km spur that serviced some industry off of Dry Creek. It didn't actually go anywhere.

Ho Really wrote:

monotonehell wrote:What do you mean by that? It was a 2Km spur that serviced some industry off of Dry Creek. It didn't actually go anywhere.

Well it sort of did, up to Bridge Road, but they should have been more visionary and extended the line (as mentioned by rhino and myself) to Tea Tree Plaza or beyond. I think one of the reasons such an idea was shelved was because the government of the day (I think under Tonkin) decided for the O-bahn instead.

monotonehell wrote:That'd be the long way around, it would make the distance traveled to TTP twice as long and not service all the NE suburbs. The OBahn is obviously a much better route, and an Obahn is the better choice for a suburban sprawl. (Trains do not offer a door to door service). Trains are good for distance travel, not so good for the inner suburbs.

Ho Really wrote: There's always the possibility of foreign naval ships...

Wayno wrote:there's a few large-ish parcels of what appears to be undeveloped land within 10km of Adelaide CBD. The northen most one also has a rail line nearby. Who owns the land, and how best could it be used? opportunity for density housing?

parcel.JPG

rogue wrote:

Wayno wrote:there's a few large-ish parcels of what appears to be undeveloped land within 10km of Adelaide CBD. The northen most one also has a rail line nearby. Who owns the land, and how best could it be used? opportunity for density housing?

parcel.JPG

Top left - The Pines. Earmarked for a so called Super School.
Top right - Yatala labour Prison and Northfield Womens Prison. Soon to be open to development when the new prisons get built at Murray Bridge (on a side note: i hope they dont demolish that nice old stone buildings of Yatala)
Bottom left - Cemetary
Bottom right - Northfield stage 2 (housing development)

No Clever Alias wrote:

Ho Really wrote: There's always the possibility of foreign naval ships...

Actually, there is no possibility anymore due to security reasons... naval ships no longer come into the inner harbour due to being too exposed and the length of time to get out to open sea. Shame, but reflective of the paranoid times we live in.

Marble Hill to rise from bushfire ruin

GREG KELTON, STATE EDITOR

May 17, 2008 12:30am

THE historic Marble Hill mansion will be restored under a deal between the Government and private developers.
The multimillion-dollar restorations will incorporate a museum which will feature the history of the property and its relevance to the state.

Environment Minister Gail Gago said a heads of agreement for the 22ha site in the Hills had been signed with Adelaide businessman Edwin Michell and his wife, Dr Patricia Bishop.

She said they were landowners in the district and had "considerable passion" for the restoration of heritage properties.

Ms Gago said while the agreement could lead to the sale of the property in the future, a key condition was that future public access to the site for at least seven days a year was assured.

She said no subdivision would be allowed once the property sale went through.

The site's heritage values would have to be protected.

"This is a good outcome that will see the ruins of Marble Hill substantially restored to its former beauty," Ms Gago said.

She met the Friends of Marble Hill last night to inform them of the Government's decision.

The state heritage-listed former summer residence of the governor was built in 1879 but was gutted in the Black Sunday bushfires on January 2, 1955.

The 26-room Gothic revival mansion was never rebuilt and has been run by the Friends of Marble Hill volunteers since 1994.

Tenders were called last year to develop and manage the site, believed to be worth about $4 million. "South Australians are very fortunate that Patricia and Edwin Michell are prepared to commit their time and resources to Marble Hill," Ms Gago said.

She said the proponents would explore opportunities for the continuing involvement of the Friends of Marble Hill.