2010-2013
The council elected in 2010, lead by Mayor Glenn Docherty, has started the creation of Playford Health Precinct around the Lyell McEwin Hospital.
The SCT Logistics Rail Freight Terminal, opened in January 2011, will provide for goods and services to be transported by road and rail more efficiently and quickly. Playford is to become the logistical and advanced distribution capital of South Australia.
The A$750 million expansion within the RAAF Base Edinburgh, including facilities for 7th RAR (Mechanized Army Battalion), was largely completed in 2011.
The council is working with the South Australian Government to release 1,000 hectares of industrial land in the Greater Edinburgh Parks Region, with the intention of attracting and supporting 38,000 jobs in the northern part of Adelaide.
The council has also been involved in discussions regarding expansion of the Elizabeth City Centre, (the major shopping precinct in Playford), onto 30-40 hectares of land to the west of the train line.
Mayor Docherty aims to make Elizabeth the second CBD of Adelaide, as new growth in Playford will transform the commercial centre from low density commercial and housing to multiple story mixed use commercial and residential developments.
Playford Council has recently worked with the University of Adelaide on the new Stretton Centre. Mayor Docherty was able to secure more than $11.3 million from the Australian Government in securing the new jobs and research centre. The Stretton Centre will also see a new library, community space/meeting rooms and town park.
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