NSW Premier Kristina Keneally has announced $2.4 million in grants to upgrade 17 Sydney parks, as well as a new online map to help residents locate parks in Sydney.
The new website, the Sydney Green Map (www.sydneygreenmap.nsw.gov.au), provides a one-stop shop for information about dozens of Sydney’s recreational places, including parks, beaches, walking tracks, and reserves.
The new State Government grants will be directed towards local councils, who will match them on a dollar for dollar basis under the Metropolitan Greenspace Program.
Projects funded under this year’s program include:
• $332,000 to Ryde City Council for work including foreshore trails linking Bennelong Park to Kissing Point Park, and associated landscaping
• $220,000 to Blacktown City Council for the “Ropes Walk” recreation trail, including 800m of new concrete path and an additional 1 kilometre of sandstone pathways, along with bush regeneration and tree planting
• $175,000 to Sutherland Shire Council for the Oak Park extension and Esplanade upgrade, which will create a new park adjacent to the Esplanade in Cronulla, providing a network of green spaces along the route
The projects will help establish a network of conservation and recreation spaces throughout the city.
Some of the Western Sydney locations included in the map include:
• Woodcroft Lake & Wetland - situated 5 km northwest of Blacktown off Richmond Road, the area is a scenic lake and wetland surrounded by 5 hectares of open recreational space that provides a habitat for local wildlife and a venue for walking paths, runners, cyclists and picnic gatherings
• Doonside, Nurrangingy Reserve, Knox Road - an idyllic parkland space catering for bushwalking trails, picnic and play areas, nature studies, lake and fountain display, blacksmith displays and special event space
• Lower Prospect Canal Reserve - incorporates a shared bicycle and walking track which extends about 5 km eastward of the base of prospect canal. The area has been extensively landscaped
• Blacktown Olympic Park - offers a mix of both sporting infrastructure and surrounding natural bushland adjacent to the Western Sydney Parklands/Nurrangingy Park creating a unique environment similar to Homebush
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