A Blueprint for the River City Oct 2009

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A blueprint or the River City October 2009





Heart o the city

Brisbane has developed into a new

world city, one with its own strong and

individual energy, capable o drawing

entrepreneurs, innovators, investors,

tourists and students rom across the

globe. But this burgeoning sophistication

has not come at the expense o liestyle.

Brisbane’s inner city remains one o the

world’s great easy-living places.

But what will the inner city be like in

20 or 50 years?

Brisbane’s inner city has become a dynamic and exciting place. More than two decades o steady growth has transormed the centre o Brisbane rom a business

district to a thriving commercial and retail area surrounded by urban living and

entertainment precincts with world-class attractions, pioneering research and

education institutions, and specialist employment hubs.



In act, most new jobs in Brisbane will

be ound in either the inner city or the

Australia TradeCoast (the area around

the Brisbane International Airport and

Port o Brisbane) in industries as diverse

as biotechnology, retail, exporting andhealth services.

The inner ve kilometres is 78 square

kilometres or six per cent o the area o

Brisbane, yet it is home to one quarter

o Brisbane’s one million residents and

contains hal o Brisbane’s 700,000 jobs.

According to long-term plans or

South East Queensland and Brisbane,

written with the help o specialists

and community members rom across

the region, the inner city will also

accommodate much o the new housingthat our growing population will need.

How can we ensure this new development

contributes to the uture prosperity

and vitality o the inner city? How do

we continue to progress into a smart,

sustainable city that is capable o standing

out on a world stage?

Growing up

Brisbane is part o Australia’s astest growing metropolitan region. As the economic heart o South East Queensland, Brisbane will share in this growth. Over the next 20

years Brisbane needs to accommodate 156,000 new dwellings and employment in

the inner city is expected to jump by more than 200,000 jobs.

Brisbane City’s residential population increased by 17,368 during the 2008/09

nancial year. (Australian Bureau o Statistics)



Brisbane City Council, in partnership with the Queensland Government,has started developing an overarching plan to guide the development o the

inner city – the River City Blueprint.

A glimpse o the uture

The River City Blueprint will draw

together all existing plans, studies

and strategies or suburbs within a fve

kilometre radius o the CBD to generate

a single, consolidated vision or the area.

It will also create a cohesive ramework

to manage uture growth and

inrastructure delivery.

The River City Blueprint will be jointly

unded by Council and the Queensland

Government’s Department o

Inrastructure and Planning. Council

will coordinate and lead the project.

While the River City Blueprint will

primarily ocus on a 20-year timerame

to 2031, all project work will also consider

the 50-year horizon to 2061.

The River City Blueprint will address a

range o issues. The plan will look at

where new housing and commercial

development should be encouraged,

how to design the inner city so it

supports a sustainable subtropical

liestyle together with possible

improvements to public spaces.

It will also consider new public transport

systems and river crossings the city might

need and ways to encourage knowledge-

based industries to establish nearexisting research and cultural institutions.

Social inrastructure and housing to meet

the existing and uture needs o

all residents, workers and visitors will

be addressed.

Cutting-edge national and international

innovations will be explored through

detailed technical studies, along with

resh ideas provided by industry experts

and local people or old problems and

tomorrow’s challenges.

We need to think big and imagine the

possibilities or tomorrow.

In the ve years to 2006, the population

o inner-Brisbane grew by over 37,000

people rom migration (with around

90,000 people arriving and 53,000

departing). More than hal the net gain

was in the 15-29 year age category.

In 2006 in inner-Brisbane, one in every

ten people was aged under 20, and one

in ten aged over 60 .



The River City Blueprint study



The River City

Blueprint will

create a cohesive

ramework to

manage growth

in Brisbane’s inner

city. The inner

city’s relationship

with other growth

areas such as

the Australia

TradeCoast will

also be considered.

area



We’ve witnessed new development

rejuvenate tired inner-city locations

such as James Street, in Fortitude Valley, and we’ve embraced the

accompanying new entertainment,

living and leisure opportunities.

But we don’t want to grow up and

become just like any other city.

We love the act that our inner-city

neighbourhoods are so dierent, thatthe verve and energy o Fortitude

Valley coexists with the quaint streets

o Paddington, lined with their iconic

Queenslanders, the stylish warehouse

apartments o Tenerie and the

bustling ofces o the CBD. We don’twant our neighbourhoods to lose

their distinctiveness or ‘small-town’

warmth and riendliness.

We want to make sure the city’s

inrastructure can cope with new

residents, workers, students and tourists

and that the services we enjoy today arenot compromised by growth. Most o all,

we want to preserve the relaxed, outdoor

liestyle that is quintessentially Brisbane.

Brisbane people are optimistic that the city’s growth will strengthen and diversiy our economy, bringing new jobs and new opportunities. The inner city’s Fortitude

Valley now boasts Australia’s rst dedicated entertainment precinct, while the

world’s rst cervical cancer vaccine was developed at the emerging biosciences

and medical research precinct in Woolloongabba.

Quintessentially Brisbane



Normally in Brisbane, these plans are

created by Council, together with local

communities. However, the Queensland

Government is also planning sections o

the inner city, such as Bowen Hills and

Hamilton Northshore.

The continuing development o South

Bank is also being managed by a state

government-owned entity, and the Royal

National Agricultural and Industrial

Association o Queensland is undertaking

the conversion o the Ekka showgrounds

into a year-round cultural and liestyle hub.

In all, around 30 separate city plans have

been created or are underway. The inner

city is also being signifcantly shaped

by the construction o signifcant new

inrastructure such as:

• Clem7 – a tunnel connectingWoolloongabba to Bowen Hills

• Kurilpa Bridge – a pedestrian and

bicycle bridge over the Brisbane River

linking the CBD with the Cultural Centre

• Airport Link – a mostly underground

toll road connecting Brisbane’s

northern suburbs and the Brisbane

Airport with the inner city

• The Go Between Bridge – a vehicular,pedestrian and bicycle bridge linking

Milton to South Brisbane

• Eastern Busway – a bus-only road that

will stretch rom St Lucia to Capalaba

• Northern Busway – a busway

that will eventually link the CBD to

Bracken Ridge

• Northern Link – a tunnel connecting

the Western Freeway to the Inner

City Bypass.

The River City Blueprint will look at how

each plan or the inner city relates to the

other and how best to capitalise on current

and proposed inrastructure investments.

It will step back to take a broad, holistic

view o Brisbane’s city heart. Once

complete, the River City Blueprint will

ensure all uture decisions about the abric

o the inner city harmonise, rom the very

large to the very small.

The River City Blueprint will also contributeto achieving the Queensland Government’s

broader vision or Queensland, Toward Q2:

Tomorrow’s Queensland , and Council’s

Vision or Brisbane, Our Shared Vision:

Living in Brisbane 2026.

Numerous plans to manage development already exist or parts o the inner city.Albion now has its own Neighbourhood Plan, The City Centre Master Plan became

operational in 2006 and planning documents have been directing the successul

redevelopment o places such as Tenerie, Fortitude Valley, New Farm and

Newstead or more than a decade.

One inner city, one blueprint



Inorming the Blueprint

Toward Q2: Tomorrow’s Queensland

The Queensland Government has ramed its 2020 vision or Queensland around ve ambitions that

address current and uture challenges.

Our Shared Vision: Living in Brisbane 2026 In late 2006 ater extensive community engagement,

Brisbane City Council released Our Shared Vision:Living in Brisbane 2026 which ocuses the uture

o Brisbane around eight key themes.

Strong

Green

Smart

Healthy

Fair

Well-designed, subtropical city

Vibrant, creative city

Regional, world city

Smart, prosperous city

Friendly, sae city

Clean, green city

Accessible, connected city

Active, healthy city



The resulting report, titled Smart Cities:rethinking the city centre, not only

oered an insightul analysis o current

urban planning challenges, but also

provocative ideas on the way orward.

It presented a vision o Brisbane as one

o the world’s great walking and cycling

cities and the inner city as a network o

business, cultural, living, research andknowledge precincts, linked by a series

o pedestrian ‘spines’ and high-quality

public transport.

The report also recommended creatinga single, integrated master plan or the

inner city.

The River City Blueprint will build on

the oundation established by the Smart

Cities report. The report presented 11

objectives or a smart city, which will

be incorporated into the River City

Blueprint. Innovations recommendedby the Smart Cities report will also be

investigated in more depth, together

with alternative strategies.

In 2007, the Queensland Government commissioned an external advisory body,

called the Smart State Council, to prepare an independent report on the inner city.

The Smart State Council was originally established by the Queensland Premier to

investigate impediments and opportunities aecting Queensland’s transition to

a Smart State.

Background to the River City Blueprint



Scope out the project

Broadly identiy the issues that the River City Blueprint will

address, determine how the project will be managed and

produce a terms o reerence to guide the project.

Analyse existing plans

Compile all existing plans, studies and strategies or the

inner- city. Look or common elements, gaps, conficts or areas that need more ocus. Identiy emerging issues that

could challenge the city o 2031.

Explore resh ideas

Consider new ways to meet old problems and innovative

solutions to tomorrow’s challenges. Look at international examples, talk to industry experts, project stakeholders

and the people who know the area best – the locals.

Conduct technical studies

Work out which ideas are easible and which ones will work best.

Drat the River City Blueprint

Generate an overarching vision or the inner city and a

cohesive ramework to manage its growth.

Consult with the community Give everyone who lives, works, studies or owns property in

Brisbane a nal chance to comment on the drat Blueprint.

Finalise the River City Blueprint

Rene the drat plan, using consultation eedback, and create

a nal document. Begin turning the vision into a reality.

Mid 2009

Late 2009

Early 2010

Late 2010

Stages o the project

The River City Blueprint will take at least 18 months to create, with a drat planexpected by mid 2010. The project will be undertaken in series o stages as outlined

in the diagram below.

You’ll be invited to debate

and discuss concepts at

workshops and seminars or present your ideas

more creatively.

Final decisions are made

at this stage, so it’s

essential you contribute

your thoughts.



From vision to reality

The River City Blueprint will not become a statutory document. It will not add more rules and regulations over development in the inner city. Instead, the River City

Blueprint will implement the principles o higher level documents such as the South

East Queensland Regional Plan at a local level.

The Blueprint will achieve this by

inorming existing tools used to manage

growth and control development in

the inner city such as the Brisbane

City Plan 2000 and NeighbourhoodPlans. The Blueprint will also inorm

broader government plans such as the

South East Queensland Infrastructure

Plan and Program and the Brisbane

Long Term Infrastructure Plan. In some

cases, existing tools will be modifed

to incorporate the revised overarching

vision described by the Blueprint.

Ideas recommended by the River City

Blueprint that all outside the scope o

existing projects may require dedicated

project teams to urther develop and

implement the concept. The River City

Blueprint will also recommend governance

arrangements or uture inner-city projects,

ensuring they are unded and delivered in

a coordinated way.

Council’s independent advisory board,

Urban Futures Brisbane, will help guide

the development o the River City

Blueprint and provide high-level strategic

advice to the project. Consisting o

leading academics and members o

industry and government, Urban Futures

Brisbane currently provides Council withincisive, real-world advice on planning

issues, with a particular ocus on inner-

city urban renewal projects.

Development ApplicationsBrisbane City Council

River City BlueprintBrisbane City Council and Queensland Government

Brisbane City Plan 2000Brisbane City Council

South East Queensland Regional PlanSouth East Queensland Infrastructure Plan and Program

Queensland Government

Sites

Neighbourhoods

Inner City

BrisbaneRegion

Neighbourhood PlansBrisbane City Council



I you want urther inormation on the

River City Blueprint, you can:

• viewtheprojectwebsiteat

www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/

rivercityblueprint

• phoneCouncilon(07)34038888

• emailtheprojectteamat

[email protected]

• writetotheprojectteamat:

River City Blueprint

Brisbane City Council LLMReplyPaid1434

BrisbaneQld4001

Have your say

People who use, live, work or own property in the inner city will have the chance to contribute to the River City Blueprint through a series o workshops, seminars

and conerences. Details or each event will be provided closer to the date. There

will also be an opportunity to make ormal submissions about the drat River City

Blueprint once the drat is released in mid-2010.





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Information

GPO Box 1434

Brisbane Qld 4001

For more information

visit www.brisbane.qld.gov.au

or call (07) 3403 8888

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