You can only imagine what the traffic, public transport and parking were like. Let alone the litter, broken bottles and noise.
I live near a church. They had to put chains up across their driveways so that people didn't park in their car park, as they would need it for their services through the week.
Parking is now restricted in our area. The first we residents found out about this was a notice in our mail the day before the deadline to object. My building has limited parking, and now even less because tenants can't park on the street. There were cars parked EVERYWHERE. Dangerously everwhere - we had them right up to our driveway so that their wheels were touching the sides of the driveway, on both sides. Anyone leaving our driveway couldn't see a thing. On one occasion, either side of the driveway was parked a MASSIVE 4WD without a spot of dust on it. Another example of people buying these big cars and not using them for their intended purpose.
There is broken glass all over the neighbourhood. The already dodgy spots on the roads around the neighbourhood were lethal over this weekend. I saw at the train station one day at least 200 people standing on the platforms looking hot and pissed off.
Don't get me wrong, I think the State Tennis Centre is awesome. It looks great, is a world class facility and I am really looking forward to being able to walk to events there.
However, how about some more planning into the infrastructure and the livability of the residents in the area? How about repairing the disgusting state of Citytrain's service to this area? Or adding some more buses instead? Making parking reasonable and keeping the tennis centre parking out of the residential areas. Allowing the residents to live safely and comfortably when big events are on.
Like everything else that happens in this city, infrastructure is neglected around it. Come on Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council, isn't it about time you learned from past mistakes?
2 comments:
hmm sounds like Brisbane needs a decent council meeting about infrastructure and waste disposal.
I just saw a notice overhere (Netherlands, Groningen) that there was going to be a meeting where every inhabitant of the city can come if they want to and talk about the parking policy.
You're absolutely right. Some foresight is really called for, and who better than the folks who actually live there.
The tennis centre is very cool though.
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