Advocacy

This submission was presented by a unique consortium of peak business, local government and community stakeholder groups in the Illawarra Region who had been working together for a number of years on progressing regional infrastructure priorities. The Rebuilding NSW process had provided the consortium with a vital opportunity to focus on three of the region’s major transport infrastructure priorities.

The submission addressed two of the 12 questions that were posed by the Rebuilding NSW Discussion Paper. 

The submission was in response to the Draft NSW Long Term Transport Master Plan and should be considered in conjunction with the earlier RDA Illawarra response to the discussion paper at the end of April 2012.

RDA Illawarra's comments were as follows:

• Lacks bold Vision or Public Policy Context
• Innovation in Transport Planning
• Sequenced Transport Development
• Reducing Social Disadvantage: A more equitable approach
• Load shift from Private Car to Public Transport
• Faster Transit Times between Wollongong and Sydney
• Modelling and Data
• Regional Transport Plans and Priorities

RDA Illawarra provided a submission relating to A New Planning System for NSW Green Paper (July 2012) and made comments on the following:

• Blueprint (pp 4-7)
• Strategic Planning (Chapter 5)
• Subregional Delivery Plans (Change 7)
• Enterprise Zones (p45)
• Regional Infrastructure identified in Growth Infrastructure Plan (p76)
• Regional Planning Boards (Change 21, p86)
• Planning Culture (Change 23, p88)