COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL BENEFITS OF MAJOR ROAD RESERVATIONS
Land held in major road reservations in the Sydney metropolitan area is coming under increasing pressure for development or redevelopment and there is a widely held belief that such reservations are uneconomical and socially undesirable. This paper discusses the planning process involved in reserving land for major roads, examines the question of whether there is a causal or incidental relationship between freeway corridors and urban blight in Sydney, gives examples of current land uses on freeway reservations in the Sydney metropolitan area and suggests certain short- and medium-term uses of reserved land prior to road construction thereon. The paper identifies some of the community and social benefits attending major road reservations and the disbenefits of not providing such reservations. While acknowledging that there are some adverse community and social effects attending freeway corridors, the paper suggests that opportunities for socially acceptable and desirable interim uses of reservations are available and may be implemented without jeopardising future road construction. (Author/TRRL)
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Authors:
- Chapman, M E
- Publication Date: 1982-12
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 247-254
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Serial:
- Australian Road Research
- Volume: 12
- Issue Number: 4
- Publisher: ARRB
- ISSN: 0005-0164
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Benefits; Economics; Freeways; Highway planning; Land use; Planning; Property acquisition; Reservations; Social factors; Sociology; Urban areas
- Geographic Terms: Australia
- ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 255: Economics; 118: Land acquisition; 356: Land use; 2748: Main road; 2752: Motorway; 143: Planning; 2253: Sociology; 313: Urban area
- Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00376022
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
- Created Date: Jul 30 1983 12:00AM