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That's it for sprawl: Madden

JASON DOWLING     November 11, 2009  The Age

MELBOURNE'S urban-growth boundary will not be moved again ''in my lifetime'', state Planning Minister Justin Madden has predicted.

As the Government prepares to introduce legislation within weeks for the controversial addition of 41,000 hectares to the urban area, Mr Madden has told The Age that further outward expansion should not be necessary for decades to come.

He said changes in living patterns, with more people wanting smaller attached homes, would help drive consolidation inside the new boundary.

''On the basis of the way people form their households, on the basis of the way people are living longer and on the basis of shifts we are already seeing … I don't believe we will need to make an adjustment in the urban-growth boundary, beyond this one, in my lifetime,'' Mr Madden said.

 Comment:

Looks like more dual occs for Coldstream and no expansion of the UGB!