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by rooshooter
Mon Feb 17, 2025 10:05 pm
Forum: CBD Development
Topic: [SWP] Festival Plaza Tower 2 | 160m | 38 Levels | Office
Replies: 483
Views: 123713

[SWP] Re: Festival Plaza Tower 2 | 149m | 38 Levels | Office

My goodness the ground floor / hospo area looks so underwhelming.
I can’t wait for some underperforming restaurants to rotate through tenancies there… what a win for South Australia’s “premier public plaza”.
I would love to have seen the gov negotiate a deal for the first few floors to be set ...
by rooshooter
Wed Dec 18, 2024 4:24 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 2262
Views: 676895

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

Then you are disagreeing with the graph YOU posted, which indicates more than ONE factor.
Which is also discussed in more detail in the bloomsberg article from where you took the graph from.
Indeed, KPMG is reporting the multitude of factors also.
As is the overwhelming majority of reporting on ...
by rooshooter
Wed Dec 18, 2024 2:01 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 2262
Views: 676895

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

If you read my post, I said that Germany had shut down nuclear plants.
It’s the bit in bold.
by rooshooter
Wed Dec 18, 2024 1:06 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 2262
Views: 676895

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

Germany was heavily reliant on Russian gas, which isn't an option post Ukraine war.

Its energy crisis isn't BECAUSE of renewables being added to their grid.

Lethargic policy development and implementation around renewables, being ultra reliant on gas and switching off nuclear has had the largest ...
by rooshooter
Tue Jul 02, 2024 1:53 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 2262
Views: 676895

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

2024 and we're still arguing over the reality of climate change?

I'm out. This forum used to be a fantastic place to discuss infrastructure and have CONSTRUCTIVE arguments that didn't just dissolve into culture and idealogical wars.

Sure, tempers got heated sometimes, and there certainly wasn't a ...
by rooshooter
Mon Jun 17, 2024 1:20 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: CBD Policing & Behaviour
Replies: 48
Views: 32037

Re: CBD Policing & Behaviour

What have three cities in America have to do with Hindley St?
What is the connection between the Australian Labor Party and these cities?
What is the connection between the Australian Labor Party and the US Democrats?

Not expecting a rational, nuanced, non-partisan answer... :)



I think the ...
by rooshooter
Thu Jul 20, 2023 6:09 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: O-Bahn
Replies: 1850
Views: 610785

Re: News & Discussion: O-Bahn

Heavy rail - no way. The additional infrastructure required to run heavy, presumably electrified, rail would not suit the river Torrens environment.
It’s taken decades for the area around the busway and river to reach a decent maturity and is one of the best environmental outcomes of any gov ...
by rooshooter
Mon May 29, 2023 4:09 pm
Forum: CBD Development
Topic: [SWP] New Womens and Childrens Hospital
Replies: 487
Views: 208688

[SWP] Re: New Womens and Childrens Hospital

Where’s the public transport access? A dinky bus stop on port road? And that car park is terrible…
Having just come back from Europe and enjoying the incredible public transport systems there it’s just disappointing that this hospital is designed for cars and pretty much nothing else…
by rooshooter
Fri Dec 09, 2022 2:19 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: Overweight trams morphing into trains
Replies: 12
Views: 15472

Re: Speeding up train services

From daily lived experience on the OH line, removing the West Croydon and Woodville Park stations would be a massive inconvenience to the many PAX who use these stations every day.

For two minutes recovery? Yeah nah. No matter whether it would improve times or not, any station removal would be ...
by rooshooter
Tue Sep 27, 2022 2:32 pm
Forum: CBD Development
Topic: [SWP] New Womens and Childrens Hospital
Replies: 487
Views: 208688

[SWP] Re: New Womens and Childrens Hospital

I’d almost forgive the location if it were an outstanding design. This is far from outstanding, or the usual bs “world class”.
A multi story car park, with an open deck? It’s hideous, and such a terrible environmental message plonking a Soviet era parking block on parklands (what could be, but never ...
by rooshooter
Wed Nov 10, 2021 10:26 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Trams
Replies: 5248
Views: 1627982

Re: News & Discussion: Trams

As much as I’d love to see it happen, it’s pretty much physically impossible to run any of the pre H types due to tram stop specs (height, shape etc) iirc.
Plus you’d need to fit them with pantographs to run under the wires - trolley poles aren’t suitable on the main line.
Best bet would be to ...
by rooshooter
Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:15 am
Forum: CBD Development
Topic: [COM] The Switch - 203 North Terrace | 119m | 35 levels | Student Accom
Replies: 647
Views: 294717

[COM] Re: 203 North Terrace | 119m | 35 levels | Student Accom

GHS can't you catch public transport? Park n ride?
Park somewhere else in the city and walk to work?
Crikey.
by rooshooter
Fri Mar 27, 2020 7:24 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [COM] Flinders Rail Link
Replies: 194
Views: 143851

[COM] Re: Flinders Rail Link

It’s been pretty awesome from an infrastructure POV to watch the whole thing. From a noise / disturbance POV - not so! 😆
Interesting project. Not to mention the whole Darlington thing right there too.
I don’t get a chance to post a lot but I’ll try more as both head towards finishing.

One thing ...
by rooshooter
Fri Mar 27, 2020 12:59 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [COM] Flinders Rail Link
Replies: 194
Views: 143851

[COM] Re: Flinders Rail Link

There certainly is one segment still missing.
The span across Laffer dr is up, with the concrete floor panels now being installed on the girders as I write this.
Here's the poorly shot view from my office!
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by rooshooter
Tue Jan 21, 2020 6:54 pm
Forum: CBD Development
Topic: News & Discussion : New Restaurants, Bars & Night Clubs
Replies: 599
Views: 351044

Re: News & Discussion : New Restaurants, Bars & Night Clubs

I hope it does well, looks good and features a food and drinks menu that’s almost completely south Australian. Fantastic stuff.