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News Item Eveleigh Pedestrian and Bridge documents revealed by REDWatch, last updated: Mar 01, 2026 05:40 PM
Below is some information on the proposed Eveleigh Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge discovered from a Government Information Public Access (GIPA) request for bridge studies since 2020 made by REDWatch on behalf of the Eveleigh Bridge Alliance (EBA). Below is both a brief overview of the what the documents revealed as well as links to key documents and the whole GIPA release.
File Redfern North Eveleigh Bridge Feasibility Study ARUP 2023 (GIPA) by REDWatch, last updated: Mar 01, 2026 05:32 PM
This document brings ARUP documents found in two of the GIPA released records. The first document “Redfern North Eveleigh Crossing” is labelled Record 3, it is undated but according to the GIPA release letter it is dated 26 July 2023. Interestingly this is the only document that shows “Facilitate an Innovation and Collaboration precinct” among the objectives. The second GIPA record is Record 5 “Redfern North Eveleigh Bridge: Feasibility Study” is undated and includes the 7 July 2023 SCT Consulting report as well as two ARUP November 2022 studies a “Constraints Review” and a “Feasibility Study and concept Options Report”. A draft ARUP study report that duplicates material in the above documents is also in the GIPA release but not in this collection to minimise duplication. These ARUP studies explore in detail options and assess the engineering feasibility of the providing the connection and there is duplication of information between reports. ARUP conclude that “constructing the bridge will be difficult, expensive and take several years” to build across the active railway corridor. ARUP uses the SCT Consulting Report to argue it “does not provide outstanding time savings or convenience for users”.
File TfNSW Preferred Option for Eveleigh Bridge June 2026 (GIPA) by REDWatch, last updated: Mar 01, 2026 04:27 PM
This extract from the June 2025 Transport for NSW North to South Eveleigh Optioneering Review v3 extracts the preferred option (Option 4) from the options review. It also includes information on how the bridge could be constructed and launched by a process previously agreed with trains NSW. Option 4 links Wilson Street Darlington between Carriageworks and The Paint Shop by a ramp to the bridge across the railway corridor to a lift and escalators to Locomotive Street between the Locomotive Workshop and the Large Erecting Shop. This extract is from documents released under a GIPA request. The full report Optioneering report with all other options considered also on this website for completeness.
File TfNSW Optioneering Report for Eveleigh Bridge June 2026 (GIPA) by REDWatch, last updated: Mar 01, 2026 04:27 PM
This is the June 2025 Transport for NSW North to South Eveleigh Optioneering Review v3. This review assessed a number of bridge and tunnel options and concluded that option 4 was the preferred option. It also includes information on how the bridge could be constructed and launched by a process previously agreed with trains NSW. Option 4 links Wilson Street Darlington between Carriageworks and The Paint Shop by a ramp to the bridge across the railway corridor to a lift and escalators to Locomotive Street between the Locomotive Workshop and the Large Erecting Shop. This extract is from documents released under a GIPA request. On this website you will also find an extract of this report just dealing with Option 4.
File Pedestrian Bridge Heritage Assessment August 2023 (GIPA) by REDWatch, last updated: Mar 01, 2026 04:27 PM
This is Pedestrian Bridge Heritage Assessment undertaken by Curio Projects for Transport for NSW in August 2023. It details the heritage impacts, especially in North Eveleigh for a bridge built from Traverser 1 over which the bridge would need to be built and the visual and physical impact of ramps on the North Eveleigh Heritage. The Assessment deals with the location of TfNSW’s 2025 preferred option 4. Heritage NSW approval will be required as part of any development to build the bridge.
File Bridge Catchment Analysis v 5.0 July 2023 (GIPA) by REDWatch, last updated: Mar 01, 2026 04:27 PM
This is the latest version (July 2023) of the Redfern North Eveleigh Paint Shop Precinct Bridge catchment analysis report by SCT Consulting. The GIPA release includes earlier versions of this report from October 2021 (v1) also quoted by ARUP and an April 2023 v3 report included in an undated ARUP report. The earlier reports can be found in the full GIPA release on this website. Some projections change between reports. The original catchment analysis was done in 2021 to assess who would benefit from the bridge. It includes walking times from 5 to 30 minutes from Carriage Workshops and Chanel 7 and then compares savings through a bridge and the Southern Concourse. It also undertakes a bridge demand analysis however the report does not include the information necessary to understand key diagrams or to understand the basis for projections. The final section of the report added in 2023 provides a retail sensitivity analysis for retail added into North Eveleigh. This report uses an earlier bridge location which is 100m closer to Redfern station than the June 2025 preferred location, so care needs to be taken in interpreting this report for the preferred location.
File TfNSW Eveleigh Pedestrian Bridge Studies - GIPA release Feb 2026 by REDWatch, last updated: Feb 11, 2026 01:21 PM
This PDF contains documents released by Transport for NSW under a late 2025 GIPA application for work undertaken by TfNSW on the feasibility of a cycle and pedestrian bridge between North and South Eveleigh. The request was made by REDWatch on behalf of the new Eveleigh Bridge Alliance formed with Alexandria Residents Action Group (ARAG) and Friends of Erskineville (FOE). The application was made to get earlier studies in the public domain so community and institutional expertise could be bought to bare on the challenges identified in delivering this important bridge. While Transport for NSW (TfNSW) has made provision for a landing locations in the Paint Shop precinct controls they have argued that such a bridge does not add sufficient value to projects on each side of the railway line to justify high cost of delivering the bridge. The GIPA documents released withheld TfNSW's cost estimates. So have a look and let REDWatch, FOE and ARAG know about any issues you spot in the released analysis and / or how you think the barriers to delivering the bridge can be addressed. The PDF is 39MB.
File REDWatch Submission on Metro Quarter Second Amending Concept SSDA January 2026 by REDWatch, last updated: Jan 15, 2026 08:38 PM
This submission covers REDWatch's objections to the proposed removal of community facilities space in the revised proposal and the proposal to only provide childcare facilities when the project scope does not generate the need for additional childcare facilities according to its own Social Impact Assessment (SIA). REDWatch also raises concerns about the SIA not assessing the potential impact of the project on the surrounding public housing community and how that impact might be managed. The submission draws on demographic analysis, the Planning Departments SIA Guidelines and earlier studies to raise concerns about the SIA and the proposal based on it.
News Item Waterloo Metro OSD Changes - Exhibition Until 15 January 2026 by REDWatch, last updated: Jan 12, 2026 01:42 PM
2026 kicks off with the Metro Over Station Development (OSD) proposed changes exhibition closing on 15 January 2026.
News Item Social Impact Assessment (SIA) Concerns raised by Metro OSD by REDWatch, last updated: Jan 12, 2026 01:40 PM
REDWatch is concerned that the Over Station Development (OSD) Social Impact Assessment for the proposed Second Amending Concept DA on exhibition until 15 January 2026, does not accurately assess the area and its needs. In particular it does not deal adequately with the impact of the development on the most disadvantaged in the area and their interaction with the project.
News Item North Eveleigh Film Studio Proposal a possible frontrunner by REDWatch, last updated: Dec 20, 2025 04:05 PM
The North Eveleigh Paint Shop precinct is one of the contenders for new sound studios intended to being more film productions to NSW according The Sydney Morning Herald article Bring us blockbusters: Frontrunners emerge for Sydney’s second film studio on December 20 2025.
Folder Build a Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge by REDWatch, last updated: Dec 20, 2025 04:04 PM
A connection between North Eveleigh and South Eveleigh was mooted by the RWA in 2006 and funds collected towards it but no bridge has eventuated. REDWatch tried to to get one of the two bridges the RWA wanted built into the new Redfern Station Southern Concourse. REDWatch with ARAG and FOE have also been pushing for a bridge connecting Carriageworks to South Eveleigh near the Large Erecting Shop. Even though TAHE are commercialising both sides of the line they have declined to provide a bridge reconnecting the two sides of the former Eveleigh Railway Workshops. THis section is about the Bridge.
News Item Waterloo South Stage 1 Demolition Notice REF - REDWatch Submission by REDWatch, last updated: Dec 10, 2025 05:37 PM
Below are the details of REDWatch's submission to Homes NSW regarding its Demolition Notice for Stage 1 of Waterloo South. The demolition is being done via a Review of Environmental Factors (REF) which requires early input in the preparation of the proposal rather than feedback on an exhibited proposal. The REF process is running in parallel with the Concept Plan pre-lodgement consultation requiring a separate raising of concerns with Homes NSW. REDWatch has raised a number of recommendations we have asked Homes NSW to consider.
Page REDWatch Incorporated Office Holders & Committee by REDWatch, last updated: Dec 08, 2025 04:42 PM
Here we have detailed the Office holders and Committee Structure of REDWatch Incorporated.
News Item Healthy Waterloo: A Study into the Maintenance and Improvement of Health and Wellbeing in Waterloo (2019 HIA) by REDWatch, last updated: Dec 08, 2025 03:19 PM
Back in 2019 Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) did a Waterloo Health Impact Assessment (HIA) with a focus on impact of redevelopment announcements and relocations. There were a number of tenants involved along with some NGOs (including REDWatch), Council, SLHD, Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) and Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC). When the HIA was being finalised DCJ and LAHC met with SLHD and wanted a number of changes which were made. One of those was to change the report name from Health Impact Assessment to Healthy Waterloo. The final report then went up to the Health Secretary for sign off but the DCJ Secretary pushed for report not to be issued and there it sat in limbo until it was shaken out in 2025. This post links to the final report.
File Counterpoint EO statement on Barnardo's Closure of Yurnguai Learning Centre Waterloo by REDWatch, last updated: Dec 05, 2025 07:10 PM
Barnardo's have decided to close the Yurnguai Learning Centre that operates out of Counterpoint's Factory Community Centre in December 2025. This is a statement from Counterpoint's EO about the proposed closure in response to a video about the Yurnguai centre and a campaign to get Barnardo's to keep the centre going. You can see the video at https://vimeo.com/reviews/3d2d24ff-432c-494b-9884-fda51deae152/videos/1143310916
File Waterloo South Stage 1 Demolition Notice by REDWatch, last updated: Nov 13, 2025 05:43 PM
Attachment is notice including four maps of the proposed demolition of buildings in Waterloo South, Stage 1 that has been distributed to tenants and those around the site. All feedback on the proposed demolition needs to be received by Wednesday 10 December to CommunityEngagement@homes.nsw.gov.au . This is the only opportunity to comment on the demolition as Homes NSW are notifying it as a Review of Environmental Factors (REF) which is an environmental impact assessment conducted by Homes NSW itself that does not require public exhibition. The final documents will be posted on line after approval. Homes NSW also indicate that two buildings on John Street may be used for temporary housing as meanwhile use.
File Friends of Erskineville responds to Liberal Party inner-city plans by REDWatch, last updated: Nov 02, 2025 07:10 PM
On 23rd October the NSW Liberal Party released its plan to deliver up to 15,000 additional dwellings across Erskineville, Macdonaldtown, Newtown and St Peters if elected. The Macdonaldtown location would have implications for parts of Darlington and Eveleigh in the REDWatch area. The Friends of Erskineville (FOE) have written to Mark Speakman setting out their concerns about the Liberal's proposal especially as it relates to the delivery of infrastructure. This is a copy of FOE's detailed letter setting out the issues of concern.
News Item Stockland Consortium Waterloo South Concept Plan with REDWatch comments by REDWatch, last updated: Oct 31, 2025 10:29 AM
The Stockland Consortium have released an outline of the Waterloo South Concept Plan on its website. Below REDWatch has provided the text and links from that website along with some initial comments.
File Waterloo South Concept Plan combined maps by REDWatch, last updated: Oct 29, 2025 02:13 PM
This is a combined PDF of the maps made available by the Stockland Consortium for the 2025 consultation. Each map is currently linked to individually on www.waterloorenewal.com.au REDWatch will update this compilation if more maps become public.
 
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