Labor councilor Linda Scott, who is fighting for mayor, said Carriageworks was facing insolvency last year as it struggled with the city’s other creative institutions and affiliated industries.
“Sydney Labor has a positive vision for the future of our city’s creative spaces and professionals, including allowing libraries and bookstores to be venues at night or offices to be weekend performances,” Cr Scott said.
Could the protected Newtown Tram Depot be the site of Sydney’s next Carriageworks?Credit:Brook Mitchell
As for the tram depot in Newtown, she said she would fight “to make sure they remedy this heavily polluted area and fund it to flourish”.
The State Transportation Agency revealed that it was exploring the possibility of converting its underutilized assets into “new towns”, adding that it was in the early stages of identifying suitable sites and “considering the order in which they should be pursued”.
“This is about working with councils, the local community and the private sector to find better uses for transport-owned property that are not necessary for current or future operational uses,” the spokeswoman said.
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“No proposal would proceed without consulting the relevant stakeholders.”
But Deputy Mayor Jess Scully questioned the level of involvement of the state government in the timing of Mr. Gannon’s pitch, adding that she had previously been in contact with the TAHE (Government Transport Activation Unit), which had been silent on the issue.
“It’s a nice thought bubble, but what’s really going on here? Where is the depth, where is the community involvement, where is all that? ” she said, pointing to the city’s past involvement in the transformation of Harold Park’s tram sheds.
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