A summit this week raised hopes that trees and light rail could breathe new life into the notorious ‘scar through the heart’ of the city. But after so many failed plans, the roads minister says he won’t rush into ‘another vision’
Abandoned shopfronts, bleak car yards, crumbling concrete, raw sewage and a reliable stream of traffic and smashed bus mirrors.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Two-thirds of shops along the road were vacant even before the onset of Covid-19 pandemic restrictions,The Inner West council mayor, Darcy Byrne, has claimed many older landowners are happy to keep their properties untenanted as they can use it as a tax write-off, and called for higher rates for empty shops to disincentivise the trend.
Parramatta Road – for residents of Sydney’s inner west, it serves as an essential thoroughfare but is far from a destination in itself.It’s all a far cry from the litany of grand plans for its future that have failed to materialise, which have seen it characterised as the “boulevard of broken dreams”.
Revitalising Parramatta Road was a key promise when the politically charged Westconnex motorway megaproject was announced in 2012. However, after more than $20bn spent on moving traffic to paid underground roads, the commitment to build dedicated public transport lanes and beautify the ground level have not transpired.
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