SA government says prior parklands works set precedent for MotoGP circuit
The city O-Bahn tunnel and new Women's and Children's Hospital have set precedents for major work in the Adelaide parklands, the state government has argued in a MotoGP circuit assessment.
The South Australian government asserts that the government's plans for a MotoGP circuit in Adelaide's parklands draw from precedents set by prior infrastructure projects in the area. Specifically, the O-Bahn tunnel and the new Women's and Children's Hospital have been used to argue that major works in the parklands have not resulted in significant impacts on the environment or heritage.
The government has referred its MotoGP circuit plans to the Commonwealth for assessment, citing the federal conservation laws which classify projects with significant environmental or heritage impacts as 'controlled actions'. The government has used the case involving the North Adelaide Golf Course redevelopment, which also took place in the parklands, as evidence that substantial and permanent changes to the parklands have been deemed to have no significant impact on heritage values.
The O-Bahn tunnel, completed in 2017, and the construction of the Women's and Children's Hospital at the former Thebarton Barracks site are cited as examples of works assessed under federal conservation laws and determined not to be controlled actions. The government's assessment concluded that the MotoGP circuit is unlikely to significantly impact the environment or heritage of Adelaide's parklands.
Public consultation on the submission has concluded, and the federal government's assessment is now pending.
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