BY DAKOTA TAIT
Newcastle Council has given the green light to a $110 million apartment development in Newcastle West, but the move has put future extensions of the light rail in doubt.
It's understood, three of four proposed routes for an extension to Tudor Street run through the Dairy Farmers Corner property, where work will begin on the mixed-use residential-commercial project in coming months.
Transport for NSW okayed the project earlier this year, saying it couldn't say otherwise, because it hadn't come to a decision on where or when a future extension of the light rail might happen.
A fourth corridor floated by the Department avoids the Dairy Farmers site completely, travelling via Selma Street and Gordon Avenue
Newcastle MP Tim Crakanthorp says the developer is not to blame, but the State Government should be planning ahead of urban development, rather than around.
Transport for NSW has been approached for comment on the future of the light rail extension.
Meanwhile, the Dairy Farmers Towers development is slated for completion in 2024, the company behind the project saying it was excited to move forward with construction.
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| Image credit: Dairy Farmers Towers. |
