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Originally Posted by spook
Unfortunately the Ipswich Motorsport Precinct has no protection against development encroachment in the new (August 2017) ShapingSEQ Regional Plan.
The areas surrounding have been included in the Urban & Economic Development Footprint to 2035.
Study the map carefully on Page 99 & you will see the future of IMP is pretty grim.
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"Urban Footprint" doesn't just mean housing though. The areas north & south of the IMP on the highway have been zoned industrial, there has already been a small amount of roadworks, land clearing and the like undertaken for it, along with signs on the highway.
There is land set aside along the south of IMP for a rail corridor to go in, servicing the industrial area but also maybe having a passenger station for access to IMP.
There are also existing plans in place to bypass Willowbank township and Amberley with the highway and have the IMP entry as an overpass rather than the current level turnoff entry.
There is a large zone around and including IMP categorised as high noise (or words to that effect) for planning purposes.
This information was all in the IMP development plan done by Apex and updated recently.
The future isn't necessarily grim but for sure there is work to be done.