Drawing 'bigger picture' for Anzac Ave

Redcliffe is changing and facing challenges - but “future possibilities” are being put forward to ensure the Peninsula “remains a great place to live”.

It has been led by Urban Design and Planning students at University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC), with Moreton Maritime Alliance and Open Architecture Studio.

Together they have looked at the “bigger picture” in years and decades ahead, creating a vision for Redcliffe residents, businesses and visitors.

UniSC Urban Planning and Design Co-ordinator Nick Stevens says students looked at South-East Queensland influences and then focused on Redcliffe.

“They looked at future-focused possibilities along the Anzac Ave corridor,” he explains, “using evidence to think about the future of that corridor.

“Economic, environmental, social, also long-term considerations for change …. nature corridors and seeing how that links Scarborough and Margate.”

Suggestions include:

• A new arterial road from Duffield Rd across Saltwater Creek to Kinsellas Rd East
  
• 'Kippa Trippa' light rail down Anzac Ave, linking Kippa-Ring Station to Redcliffe foreshore with stops in between
  
• A figure-of-eight bus service stopping at major points from Clontarf and Woody Point to Redcliffe, Kippa-Ring and Kayo Stadium up to Newport
  
• Anzac Ave to become an ‘urban core’ between Kippa-Ring and Oxley Ave, with five precincts. They are:
• Connecting the Corridor with better transport links
• Commercial and Business, from Peninsula Fair and Kippa-Ring Shopping Centres east, with restaurant and café areas, walkways and community areas
• Nature’s Living Networks would create a green space from Klingner Rd to Redcliffe Botanic Gardens, extending the canal, adding parklands and green corridors
• Urban Lifestyle, either side of Anzac Ave, would feature varied residential developments with green space and retail
• Healthier Communities would be based around Redcliffe Hospital with public plazas, affordable housing, retail and medium density development
• A connected green network would loop around the Peninsula’s boundary and across the centre
• There could also be a sports science precinct around Kayo Stadium, a marine science and research centre at Newport and eco-industrial precinct at Clontarf

Open Architecture Studio Founding Directory Michael Bailey says: “We see ourselves as partnering with the community, and Council to put forward great ideas for Redcliffe to remain a great place to live.

“We’re hoping to get local input to council and the economic development team to work it into their thinking. How do we cater for growth and the stress on existing infrastructure?

“The Peninsula has two main roads and a rail line to get in and out. How do we get better connecting transport?”

Nick Stevens says anyone interested in the students’ final, longer and more detailed reports can contact him by email at nstevens@usc.edu.au.