‘There’s a lot at stake’: Push to open up Melbourne’s suburbs to townhouses, apartments
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Infrastructure Victoria has proposed a radical plan to overhaul the tax system and stop rampant population growth in Melbourne’s outer fringe to help meet the city’s projected population boom.

“A radical plan to overhaul the tax system for housing, open up Melbourne’s middle suburbs and stop rampant population growth on the city’s outer fringe has been proposed by Victoria’s peak infrastructure body.”

  • AJ Sadauskas@aus.social
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    2 years ago

    @maegul @ajsadauskas@lemmy.ml I think some of it is generational, but a lot more of it is about socioeconomic class.

    Protecting heritage sounds nice, until you realise that the people who would have lived in Albert Park, a short tram ride from the city, are instead forced to the suburban fringe in places like Wyndham, Melton, Pakenham, or Craigieburn.

    And instead of being served by the existing infrastructure in Albert Park, we instead need to build new schools and hospitals to service those new suburban fringe housing estates.

    And because public transport is often atrocious out there (a half hourly bus), many opt for cars.

    Which causes more traffic congestion from the outer suburbs to the inner city. And more pollution.