Mr BAYLEY – Minister, the previous master development plan for Maquarie Point quite proudly says underneath the listing of all those various elements – the escarpment, the Truth and Reconciliation park, et cetera – that these precincts are specifically designed to underpin the planning scheme’s framework. Do you accept that a stadium at 54 metres high is non-compliant with the planning scheme as it stands at the moment?
What do you say to stakeholders such as the RSL, who have long enjoyed the protections of the planning scheme to protect the values of the Cenotaph for sightlines and reverential ambience and who are now confronted with the loss of those values, as has been demonstrated in the diagrams that have been released as part of this proposition?
Mr STREET – I’ll go to Anne in a second to talk about the sightlines. We are committed to working with the RSL and all stakeholders on the development of this stadium. We believe that when it’s completed, we can have a stadium and a development that enhances the Cenotaph rather than detracts from it. I understand that that’s not necessarily the view of the RSL executive. However, you would be amazed at the number of returned servicemen who have written to me to –
Mr BAYLEY – You would probably be amazed at the number of Liberal Party members who don’t support the stadium. Come on. That cuts both ways –
Mr STREET – It does cut both ways. I’m old enough to accept that there are varying views on this project. All I’m pointing out to you is that there are returned servicemen who’ve written to me who believe that this stadium won’t detract from the Cenotaph or its ambience, that it will actually –
Mr BAYLEY – That’s not the finding of the heritage assessment. It says the impact is very high –
CHAIR – Order, Mr Bayley.
Mr STREET – enhance the Cenotaph. We’re committed to continuing to work with the RSL to get to the best possible outcome for all stakeholders involved in not just the stadium development but the precinct.
Mr BAYLEY – It’s probably not necessary to go to Ms Beach, although I have a question that I think probably only Ms Beach could answer. It’s in relation to the master plan and event day public transport coach. It says coaches will connect regional Tasmania to the stadium and offer private charters for groups, sporting clubs and communities to attend events. To accommodate coaches, Queens Domain is the preferred drop‑off, parking and pick‑up area, with a walking route via the Bridge of Remembrance.
We all know the Bridge of Remembrance; we know the Domain is the swimming pool and so forth. Where is that drop‑off point, the parking and the pick‑up area on the Domain?
Ms BEACH – I believe the member is referring to the Precinct Plan, so that includes the mode analysis. The mode analysis is what informed our initial mapping out of the different modes that would inform the ways that different people would move. Then, through our project of state significance application, we’ve furthered that work through the transport study, which has included an origin study. We’ve mapped through looking at 2030 as a base case, so how the network is coping at that time and then mapping event periods through that.
As the member noted that we’ve considered people that are travelling locally but also know there may be people who are travelling from regional areas who, rather than using a local bus service, would potentially be using chartered coach services, so we’ve differentiated coach from bus. We’ve looked at different options. For coach drop‑off, one of the options was considering using connections up on the Domain and also looking through, now that we’ve worked through the more detailed work of connection in through the bus connection to the north‑east of the site as well. We’ve mapped those through in the transport study. I’d need to refer to the transport study to highlight the exact area, but we could provide that to the member.
Mr BAYLEY – Are you willing to take that on notice?
CHAIR – The time for Estimates of the Minister for Sport has concluded.
Mr BAYLEY – Can I just check, Chair, if the minister is willing to take that on notice? that seemed to be an offer to provide the committee with details of the drop‑off, parking and pick‑up area.
Mr STREET – We’re happy to do that.
