A new urban forest, the upgrading of a significant indigenous site and a waterside boardwalk are part of a $4 million program for new and improved public space projects coming to Greater Sydney.
\nMinister for Planning and Public Space Rob Stokes today announced the latest recipients of the NSW Government\u2019s Metropolitan Greenspace Program (MGP).
\n\u201cThese are 13 brilliant projects across 12 local government areas which will create and improve sustainable and accessible green spaces for the community to enjoy,\u201d Mr Stokes said.
\n\u201cThis program\u00a0 recognises the value of our city\u2019s parks and public spaces while giving councils the autonomy to create outdoor venues and attractions that suit the unique communities that use them every day.\u201d
\nThe successful councils are Blacktown City, City of Canada Bay, City of Canterbury Bankstown, Georges River, The Hills Shire, Hornsby Shire, Inner West, Lane Cove, Liverpool City, Northern Beaches, Strathfield and Woollahra.
\nMr Stokes said the projects align with the Greater Sydney Green Grid initiative, a network of walking tracks throughout the city\u2019s green spaces.
\n\u201cThroughout COVID-19 lockdowns, we\u2019ve seen just how important community greenspaces are to our mental health and well-being,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cThe Metro Greenspace Program is the longest running open space grants program in NSW. It started\u00a0 in 1983 and more than $45 million in funding has\u00a0 delivered aprroximately\u00a0 600 green spaces.\u201d
\nProjects funded under the 2021 MGP\u00a0 include:<\/p>\n
The successful councils are required to plant at least one tree for every $2,500 received and match the grant funding dollar-for-dollar. A new urban forest, the upgrading of a significant indigenous site and a waterside boardwalk are part of a $4 million program for new and improved public space projects coming to Greater Sydney. Minister for Planning and Public Space Rob Stokes today announced the latest recipients of the NSW Government\u2019s Metropolitan Greenspace Program (MGP). \u201cThese … Continue reading “$4 million for more green spaces in Sydney”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe MGP is aligned with the Premier\u2019s Priority \u2013\u00a0Greening our City<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 to have\u00a0 one million trees planted across Greater Sydney by mid-2022. So far, more than 600,000 have been planted.
\nA full list of successful MGP applicants is available at:\u00a0https:\/\/www.planning.nsw.gov.au\/metropolitan-greenspace-program<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"