Mark Hay calls for more urban infill

Mark Hay Realty Group principal Mark Hay says Perth is the most sprawled capital city in the world.

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00:00Gosh, aren't we all so blessed to live here in beautiful Perth, WA, but would you believe

00:05we have the unfortunate tag of being the most sprawled capital city in the whole world?

00:11Isn't that unbelievable?

00:13It spans over 150km of coastline, destined to go to about 175km when it continues sprawling

00:20to Lancelin and further south.

00:22It would be great if our designers, the urban planners, local government and the powers

00:28to be would bring in more urban infill.

00:31Along the transport routes coming in and out of the city, we already have all that infrastructure

00:36built, saving millions and millions of dollars of people having to relocate and clear urban

00:42areas out in the sticks where we've already got green.

00:44We have the existing facilities here, we have a better carbon footprint, we wouldn't be

00:49idling in cars going up and down the freeway and having to extend our train line if we

00:54would use the facilities we already have here in the inner city and beyond.

00:59Let's all get behind that, there's too many bananas, build absolutely nothing anywhere

01:04near anyone and too many Nimbas out there who are defying this.

01:08We need a blessed idea of all the planners to be coming together, the government of the

01:13day getting behind, getting more housing into the supply where we already have current infrastructure.

01:18Doesn't that make sense?

01:20I'd love to hear your thoughts too.

01:22Thanks guys.