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July 28, 2008 12:00am
TASPORTS chief executive Robert Barnes will today meet local waterfront businesses to discuss their concerns about plans for the development of the waterfront and a new Royal Hobart Hospital.About 10 people representing shipping, stevedoring and supply companies based at the Hobart port will attend the meeting. They are seeking an open and candid dialogue with the government-owned port authority. "TasPorts have been pretty quiet," Tasmanian Maritime Network's Richard Fader said. "It's been a bit reactionary (to media reports) in letting port users know what's going on. "Hopefully this time they can sit down with the interested people and tell them what they have in the pipeline and about their interaction with the other authorities." Mr Fader said the recent submission made by TasPorts to the New Royal Project team, outlining TasPorts' concerns about the new hospital and assurances it was committed to the port, were welcome. But waterfront businesses needed reassurance from the chief himself, he said. "We want to make sure the port users' views are incorporated into the master plan, and our best bet for that is through TasPorts," he said. Meanwhile, Tasmanian Opposition Leader Will Hodgman said news the Government's master plan for waterfront development could be completed within about 12 months was not good enough. "It seems inconceivable that you wouldn't sit down and say where do we see Hobart's waterfront in five, 10, 15 years' time and indeed into the longer term," Mr Hodgman said. "The fact that it hasn't been done has now left David Bartlett in the very awkward position of having to put the cart well and truly before the horse." Premier David Bartlett said the Government was progressing a review of the model for planning and development of a master plan. "Mr Hodgman is asking for a sensible development but in the same breath wants to rush what is a complex master plan which must take into consideration the needs of all stakeholders," Mr Bartlett said. He said the timeframe would be subject to the "scope of the work to be undertaken". Mr Bartlett said the heads of DPAC, Treasury and Justice would report to him in six weeks.
July 28, 2008 12:00am
TASPORTS chief executive Robert Barnes will today meet local waterfront businesses to discuss their concerns about plans for the development of the waterfront and a new Royal Hobart Hospital.About 10 people representing shipping, stevedoring and supply companies based at the Hobart port will attend the meeting. They are seeking an open and candid dialogue with the government-owned port authority. "TasPorts have been pretty quiet," Tasmanian Maritime Network's Richard Fader said. "It's been a bit reactionary (to media reports) in letting port users know what's going on. "Hopefully this time they can sit down with the interested people and tell them what they have in the pipeline and about their interaction with the other authorities." Mr Fader said the recent submission made by TasPorts to the New Royal Project team, outlining TasPorts' concerns about the new hospital and assurances it was committed to the port, were welcome. But waterfront businesses needed reassurance from the chief himself, he said. "We want to make sure the port users' views are incorporated into the master plan, and our best bet for that is through TasPorts," he said. Meanwhile, Tasmanian Opposition Leader Will Hodgman said news the Government's master plan for waterfront development could be completed within about 12 months was not good enough. "It seems inconceivable that you wouldn't sit down and say where do we see Hobart's waterfront in five, 10, 15 years' time and indeed into the longer term," Mr Hodgman said. "The fact that it hasn't been done has now left David Bartlett in the very awkward position of having to put the cart well and truly before the horse." Premier David Bartlett said the Government was progressing a review of the model for planning and development of a master plan. "Mr Hodgman is asking for a sensible development but in the same breath wants to rush what is a complex master plan which must take into consideration the needs of all stakeholders," Mr Bartlett said. He said the timeframe would be subject to the "scope of the work to be undertaken". Mr Bartlett said the heads of DPAC, Treasury and Justice would report to him in six weeks.
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