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bear the bear

Is a real bear
Not a brilliant reason to build a FU massive bitumen carpark complete with ticket machines.
I will also add, the blister islands are too small to sustain a tree of the required dimensions for the ACT governments tree cover policy, the use of a root barrier will kill the trees by constraining the growth of the root structure, and no root barrier will eventually lead to a fucked pavement and shortened design life and complaints from users...
 

johnny

I'll tells ya!
Staff member
I will also add, the blister islands are too small to sustain a tree of the required dimensions for the ACT governments tree cover policy, the use of a root barrier will kill the trees by constraining the growth of the root structure, and no root barrier will eventually lead to a fucked pavement and shortened design life and complaints from users...
There's hardly any blister islands at all, from memory.

I'm no expert on these or any other matters, but surely a solution could have been found to not have a massive, un-shaded area of blackness like that.

The ticket machines I can deal with, given that the proceeds go back into the park.
 

bear the bear

Is a real bear
There's hardly any blister islands at all, from memory.

I'm no expert on these or any other matters, but surely a solution could have been found to not have a massive, un-shaded area of blackness like that.

The ticket machines I can deal with, given that the proceeds go back into the park.
See above, trees and AC are not a good mix typically.
I also think it was not part of the design brief to include shading.

Disclaimer: I work for the company that designed and supervised the construction of the carpark. However, I was not involved in this project.
 

johnny

I'll tells ya!
Staff member
I also think it was not part of the design brief to include shading.
That would be a major part of the problem that I'm referring to. I mean, I see other carparks around with big planter boxes and other similar solutions, not sure why something could not have been identified for this project.

I'm pointing the finger at the people who are responsible for the carpark and the commission of its development, not anyone else.
 

dancaseyimages

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That would be a major part of the problem that I'm referring to. I mean, I see other carparks around with big planter boxes and other similar solutions, not sure why something could not have been identified for this project.

I'm pointing the finger at the people who are responsible for the carpark and the commission of its development, not anyone else.
Denman is basically a tree free suburb too, I always thought maybe it's so there's less maintenance, as work and all that costs money plus tree roots etc. I wondered if that's why they didn't plant trees (and have just now started putting little pines on nature strips) in Denman as you see in other suburbs the footpaths require a lot of maintenance which costs the government money in the end.
 
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