http://www.bhsc.net.au/resource_files/bhsc/IR_1_Riverside-Drive-to-Home.pdf
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The physical focus of the Riverside intervention was a strip of land in South Brisbane between the Hale Street Link construction site, the back fences of the Parmalat factory and Hansons concrete plant and Riverside Drive looking over to the Auchenflower reach of the Brisbane River.
The location, along with Kurilpa Park, has been used for many years by homeless people, sometimes in large numbers by Brisbane standards of up to 100 people.
Within walking distance there are services such as the Oz Care mens hostel, the Brisbane Homelessness Service Centre, Centrelink, Aboriginal and Islander Community Health Service, West End Community House and the Biala and peel Street drug and alcohol clinics, along with a supermarket, bus routes, hotels, and Musgrave Park, a significant gathering place for Aboriginal people. Volunteer-run food vans have included the
Kurilpa Park - Riverside Drive area as a regular food and drink distribution point for many years.
This is a must read.
Authorities knew this little park was an extremely dangerous unsafe place. History told us that. Just read this document. :banghead:
They did nothing to ensure the publics safety when they turned it into a walking cycling route.
They put up cameras along the route, but allowed a black spot ( no cameras, broken lights) in the most dangerous area at the end, the park.
So it was probably common knowledge to the South Brisbane druggies and depraved, that this little park was the place to go. They would know that no one is watching!
Why did the Authorities turn a blind eye on this dangerous park. Why allow a black spot?( no cameras and lights out)
Someone needs to answer this question?
Are there other parks in Brisbane, where we are encouraged to walk and cycle, that have similar histories and black spots too?
So much time and money was spent to move on and house a population of homeless and dangerous individuals, and nothing was spent to ensure we remained safe, if they came back.