Buckland Park
Buckland Park is a
large proposed development lead by The Walker Corporation based
in Sydney. The development will see thousands of homes occupy
up to 1000 hectare of land, to include shopping and services.
The area will become a new town for Adelaide's northern
suburbs. The Buckland Park development
will be an exciting proposition and will provide thousands of
jobs and supply homes and land to an area struggling to supply
enough property to meet demand.
Adelaide has been considered a smaller
city and region than others across Australia, however this
development will assist in lifting Adelaide's growth in the
national real estate market.
Buckland Park will
offer a range of landblock sizes and provide locals and those
new to Adelaide a good choice, which includes direct highway
access to Adelaide via the new Northern Expressway.
The main plans for
Buckland Park include...
Buckland Park will be
developed over the next 25 years, up
to 2036.
Residential areas built up
for near to 12,000
new houses. Providing
the neighbourhood
with shops, community
facilities, primary schools and high schools.
The
district centre on Port
Wakefield Road, for shops, offices and government
services that may be needed police, ambulance and fire brigade.
Buckland Park will also have the District Centre which
will be built in approximately 12 or 13 years. There will also be industrial areas for business and
industry. Open
parkland areas for landscaping, bikeways,
walking trails, ovals and provision for the protection
of native
plants and animals. Some of the open parkland
will be used
for storm and flood water channels
including, basins and wetlands.
There are opponents to the
Buckland Park development however South
Australia will need to provide growth areas for housing as the
population experiences net increases in numbers as with the
latest figures for 2008 of an increase of net 20,000 into a
state of just over 1.2 million people.
The area is considered by some locals to
be the wrong place to build due to flood plain issues however
many believe with the right planning approach this issue can be
overcome. there are also local concerns over only having one
main road in and out of the township, however time and planning
may overcome this also.
Buckland Park is being
carefully planned by the Walker Corporation and hopefully all
local concerns will be resolved in order to provide Adelaide
and its incoming residents with further living
areas.
The support of the Northern Expressway
will also assist Buckland Park offering
commuters easy access to Adelaide.
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