Infrastructure Australia announced that the expansion of the East Coast suburbs has ended and warned that the biggest challenge for the government will be to provide adequate inland services to cope with the growing population. Romilly Madew, the chief executive of the infrastructure regulator, said, “The 70-year leading trend in our urban fringe has ended.” Now we need a wave of investment and reform to maintain the quality of life. The Australian infrastructure announced on Tuesday a four-year infrastructure audit report on transportation, roads and service demand across Australia. Prior to this, Maduo said, “In the past two years, Sydney and Melbourne have been developing new suburbs and moving to construction. Existing area.”
“We are definitely shifting to the inner city (region),” she said. “It’s obvious.” Peter Colacino, head of infrastructure policy and research at Australia, said the audit was “the first time we’re really Call this growth the overall challenge facing the city.” He pointed out that Melbourne’s inner city and Sydney’s Green Square are facing unprecedented growth, as families want to move closer to convenient services and away from crowded outskirts. The audit found that this shift may accelerate as commuters become more frustrated with the congestion of roads and rail networks. It is expected that in the next 12 years, traffic congestion will result in a loss of productivity of 38.8 billion yuan. Colacchin said that population projections based on past inferences were “unsuccessful”. He said: “Population growth eventually occurs at a higher or lower rate, which means that the investment is not accurate.” The audit found that many hospitals and schools have reached full capacity or signs of aging, requiring the construction of new and expensive upgrade facilities. Especially in the downtown area. The bigger challenge is the lack of green space, turning the urban suburbs of some concrete structures into “urban heat islands”. The report found that due to the “heat island effect”, temperatures in some suburbs were 6 degrees higher than elsewhere. “This is because the heat of the sun is absorbed by the surface of buildings such as buildings, parking lots and roads rather than being reflected. Human activities such as the use of traffic and air conditioning also increase the amount of waste heat generated.” This effect is in Sydney and Melbourne. The outer suburbs are particularly evident because urbanization reduces tree coverage in these areas. The report said: “The ratio of vegetation coverage in Melbourne to the outer suburbs is very obvious, indicating that most of the canopy cover is privately owned (in the backyard of private homes).” The association warned that as the backyard area shrinks and becomes more The more people move to urban areas, the more difficult it is to achieve urban green space coverage. The report adds that public green space and entertainment infrastructure have been over-utilized, and the high cost of land makes it difficult for these cities to fund the provision and maintenance of such services. “As the city grows and density increases, our fast-growing cities face the risks of lack of high quality, available green coverage and leisure infrastructure, especially in the city centre.”
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