PILLAR 3
ACTIVE AND ACCESSIBLE PLACES AND SPACES This pillar is about improving accessibility and transport connections for our community and creating a range of active and passive recreation facilities for everyone to enjoy.
The goals in this pillar are: • Goal 3.1: The LGA has a range of transport options to connect people, goods and businesses • Goal 3.2: Roads, footpaths and cycleways are safe, accessible, and free of congestion • Goal 3.3: Everyone, including people with disability, navigates the LGA in safety • Goal 3.4: Everyone has access to a range of active and passive recreation facilities.
Achievements • Our Hurstville Revitalisation Project commenced, a city-shaping project involving innovative public domain improvements in four key locations in the Hurstville City Centre. • We installed a large mural at Post Office Lane in Kogarah in December 2020 to increase amenity for pedestrians. The mural is an acknowledgement of Biddegal country and makes reference to Kogarah as ‘Place of Reeds’, as well as more broadly referencing the Georges River. • GoGet car share trial in Kogarah and Hurstville saw 10 dedicated bays across both centres, helping to promote sustainable forms of transport. • $415,000 and $50,000 grants were received for Hurstville and Kogarah respectively to activate the centres under the Streets as Shared Spaces program. We also received $4.75 million to implement public domain improvements in Hurstville under the NSW Public Spaces Legacy program. • We converted 13 streets and laneways in the Kogarah Town Centre to 40 km/h zones.
Hurstville Library Sensory Garden, to facilitate relaxation, reduce stress and anxiety, assist emotion regulation and promote greater wellbeing for the community, in particular for those with disabilities, mental health concerns and the elderly. • Two new pieces of public art were completed at Peakhurst Park and Pole Depot Park using recently installed table tennis tables. The tables have brought a vibrancy to the parks and the small animal characters were done in collaboration with Headspace. • Georges River libraries now offer a range of state-ofthe-art digital technology, available both for in-house use and for loan from its freshly minted Media Lab in Hurstville Library. The Media Lab meets community demand for digital technology and enables skill development on equipment that can otherwise be prohibitively expensive. Residents can participate more fully in digital culture and is a welcome addition to the local innovation ecosystem. Facilities include a full photographic studio featuring a cyclorama wall, green screen and lighting; Microsoft Surface Studio PCs with Adobe Creative Suite; a sound booth/ music practice room with a selection of instruments, including an 88-key upright digital piano; a 3D-printer; and a range of technology to support creative projects and digital media production. • Recognising a shift in user expectations towards increased convenience, personalisation and experience, the Library team has partnered with our Early Learning Services to deliver library materials to families enrolled at the Oatley West Early Learning Centre. The new ‘LibraryGo’ service began with consulting parents to establish their child’s reading likes, dislikes and to identify specific child development areas that can be addressed with materials from the library’s collections. Since its inception in October 2020, LibraryGo has delivered more than 4,000 library items to 57 children attending the centre. Over 15 letters of appreciation
• We received $200,000 in grant funding for the
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