It’s a town-planning exercise of immense complexity.
A roofed stadium at the intersection of Hobart’s only major arterial routes, on the edge of a heritage waterfront CBD, in a city with limited public transport, tight time frames and at a time of budget pressure.
The Tasmanian Planning Commission (TPC) was scathing of the proposed Macquarie Point stadium in its draft report on March 31 — and over the coming six months, most of these concerns remain.
The final report today — recommending against the stadium — was almost just as scathing.