Clover's plan leaves us up Kent St without a paddle The notorious Kent St underpass / Picture: Kristi Miller Source: News Corp Australia Plans unveiled to revamp notorious homeless haunt Moore has already put planters of weeds in Martin Place Also plans to put a giant milk crate near Central Station CLOVER Moore is putting ping pong tables beneath the Western Distributor as part of a wacky plan to transform a notorious CBD homeless haunt. The Lord Mayor unveiled City of Sydney's plan to revamp the Kent St underpass yesterday and said it would be filled with public art, three small parks, ping pong tables and other exercise gear that 22 per cent of the public have already said they won't use. The underpass - a network of roads and small tunnels beneath the Western Distributor - has also been earmarked as the location for a collection of brass pigeons on poles created by British artist Tracey Emin. It is part of a wider plan to spend $6.3 million to improve access to Barangaroo. The bird sculptures are expected to be installed by 2017 at a cost of $2.1 million. City of Sydney, which anticipates Kent St underpass becoming a key access link to Barangaroo once the harbourside development is completed, originally wanted to put a playground in the same area. But the idea was axed after members of the public raised concerns about children playing near the homeless population that shelters in the underpass network. Ms Moore, who recently put planters full of weeds in Martin Place and announced plans for a bizarre $2.5 million plastic milk crate sculpture near Central Station, said the revamp would make the area safer: "This is another important part of our work to build a city with safer and more convenient options for walking, supported by clear signage and wayfinding, interesting public art, and spaces that attract pedestrians." Liberal councillor Christine Forster slammed the ping pong plan and said she doubted anyone would play. "There's no doubt the Kent St underpass area is pretty forbidding and could do with a facelift but I think the idea people will play ping pong in this part of the city is frankly far-fetched," she said. City of Sydney also revealed cars will have to travel at a pedestrian 10km/h on a nearby part of York St, which is being turned into a "shared zone" for motorists, cars and pushbike riders. The short link road, connecting Clarence St to York St, will be repaved and a 10km/h speed limit enforced so that cyclists can whiz out of Kent St underpass. In a recent survey commissioned by City of Sydney, 27 per cent of respondents raised concerns about the homeless population in Kent St underpass - and 22 per cent said of respondents they wouldn't use the fitness gear proposed for the site. A further 29 per cent said they thought vandals would destroy or deface public artworks proposed for the site Originally published as Who'll play ping pong in an underpass?