Blackwood Road Management Plan

In reply to Mr DULUK (Davenport) (22 July 2015). (Estimates Committee A)

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Child Protection Reform, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for Consumer and Business Services, Minister for the City of Adelaide): I have been provided the following advice:

The term 'secondary renewal area' referred to by the member is a term from a draft spatial framework prepared to inform directions for the forthcoming update to the 30-Year Plan. In this document, the Blackwood centre is recommended as a secondary renewal area within the 'south'. It also has a number of constraints associated with it such as its geography, topography, is bushfire prone and the rail line location, amongst other issues.

This area will continue as a key centre for the Blackwood Hills but not as a prime focus for urban renewal, particularly in a residential sense, because of the risks associated with the characteristics mentioned.

Nevertheless, the Blackwood area should continue to be a focus by the council as an area of commercial/retail development to serve as the key centre within the Blackwood Hills area.