5Greater Hobart Objectives

5 Greater Hobart Objectives

For the purposes of this Act, the Greater Hobart Objectives are –

(a) to encourage and promote, in the making of strategic planning decisions, and decisions about land use, in relation to the Greater Hobart area, the consideration of potential benefits, and implications, for that area, of such decisions; and

(b) to facilitate the efficient and safe flow of transport, to improve access to, and to further the use of, public passenger transport, and to encourage and promote the use of transport with low-carbon emissions, in the Greater Hobart area; and

(c) to further the maintenance and accessibility of existing, and the development of new, cultural, sporting, recreational and community facilities, that complement, link to, and contribute to, the cultural experiences able to be provided in the Greater Hobart area; and

(d) to encourage, promote and provide for urban renewal, and affordable housing, that enhance amenity, liveability, ease of access to places and facilities and the provision of passenger transport; and

(e) to encourage, promote and provide for the development of hubs for specialised purposes such as science, sport, recreation, social activity, economic activity, technology, industry, education or the arts; and

(f) to encourage, promote and provide for, where suitable –

(i) the efficient and effective integration and co-location of the facilities, housing and hubs that are referred to in the other paragraphs of these objectives; and

(ii) the transport infrastructure, and the service infrastructure, that is necessary or desirable in relation to such facilities, housing and hubs; and

(g) any other prescribed objectives.