Council Resolution on Redfern Station Accessibility Upgrade

It is resolved that Council

(A) note that:

(i) following a long community campaign, the NSW Minister for Transport, on 15 August 2013, announced plans to make trains at Redfern Station accessible to people in wheelchairs and parents with prams for the first time;

(ii) the State Government has issued a tender for a concept design to provide lift access to one platform at Redfern, allowing customers to access all Sydney train lines via Central Station;

(iii) Redfern Station is one of the busiest stations in the Sydney network and the lack of wheelchair and pram access has been a pressing problem for the community for many years; and

(iv) the upgrade of the station, which is part of the NSW State Government’s $770 million Transport Access Program, will deliver tangible benefits to the local community and economy; and

(B) request the Lord Mayor write to the NSW Minister for Transport to:

(i) offer congratulations on this vital and long overdue accessibility upgrade; and

(ii) prioritise further accessibility improvements to Redfern Station within the NSW Long Term Transport Master Plan; and

(C) request the Lord Mayor write to the convenors of Lift Redfern commending them on their campaign for accessibility improvements to Redfern Station.

The motion, as varied by consent, was carried unanimously.