People come here to own a home. But to survive, this country town must help shift Victorians’ big house and land obsession.
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Although there is no formally declared city centre, council figures show about 600 people live in what it loosely calls the CBD. Now, Hudson says the many vacant second floors above shopfronts could be reclaimed for residential growth. RMIT international planning professor Marco Amati says filling out vacant floors above shopfronts may require some unusual council policies for the second-storey properties.Otherwise, the council could buy the vacant properties, Amati says, and offer them for short-stay or long-term accommodation at discounted rates.
Minerals Council of Australia executive director James Sorahan expects gold mining to continue in Ballarat beyond 2050.Sun, wind and the first renewable city The committee also wants to reduce emissions by giving pedestrians and cyclists priority over cars and parking spaces. Although trams were decommissioned in Ballarat in the early 1970s, Hearsch insists a light rail system will again be necessary to connect the city centre with surrounding suburbs.But he says giving over car lanes to bicycles in the city centre would not gain community support.The state government says the Transport Accident Commission, Department of Transport and Planning and Ballarat council are working to improve pedestrian and bike networks, which includes better links to the city centre.
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