Adelaide freeways debate tests urban planning vs. aesthetics
The Adelaide freeway plan of about 574 million faces criticism over its impact on city views and livability. Prof Ann Marshall warns superfreeways ruin urban skylines while Minister Murray Hill defends early planning, landscaping and integrated design as essential to prevent Seattle style blight. A team approach, drawing on engineers, architects, and planners, is urged to balance traffic needs with visual and environmental concerns.
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Adelaide transit plan faces economic and social hurdles
A fragment discusses an Adelaide rapid transit proposal, arguing corridors require 40 000 person destinations each and that population spread, neighbor disruption, and tax losses make the project uneconomical. It critiques a MATS report as insufficient and warns funding and land needs, if ignored, could doom the plan.
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United States Federal Bureau of Pubic Reds
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Hearings Held On River Corridor Route Design Plan
Public hearings reviewed corridor options and design for a river route. Officials displayed corridor ideas and detailed an actual route within the chosen corridor. Citizens were invited to participate before and during both hearings.
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Fist mEeral
Qantas plans $50m tower near Wentworth Hotel site
Sir Roland Nilson announced a $50 million Qantas project to build Australia’s tallest tower on the city block once housing the Wentworth Hotel. The plan includes a high rise next to George Grosvenor Lang and Jamieson Streets near the harbour, with groundbreaking scheduled within three years and completion by 1983.
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Wentworth Hotel
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Jamieson
Harbour Bridge
Toreys
Qant
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