{"id":3331,"date":"2019-07-24T04:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T04:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=3331"},"modified":"2019-07-24T04:00:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T04:00:15","slug":"cycleways-and-green-space-for-the-west-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/07\/24\/cycleways-and-green-space-for-the-west-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycleways and green space for the West End"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"inner-head\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner-desc\">Separated cycle ways, new dedicated green spaces and wider streets to improve pedestrian and traffic flows will be built in the City\u2019s emerging CBD following the adoption of the West End Stage 2 &#8211; Streetscape Plan.<br \/>\nThe West End improvements were given the green light from Councillors last night after 85 per cent of those surveyed during the 28-day public exhibition period put forward their support for the plan.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Denisonstinside.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/Cycleways-and-green-space-for-the-West-End\/Denisonstinside.jpg.aspx\" alt=\"Denisonstinside.jpg\" \/><strong><sup>How Denison Street could look under the new urban streetscape designs<\/sup><\/strong><br \/>\nOf those surveyed, 93 per cent said they supported an increase to green spaces, while 89 per cent agreed that better cycleways and public domain improvements \u2013 such as an increase in public art \u2013 were important to them.<br \/>\nTraffic improvements, alfresco dining options and the creation of \u2018rain gardens\u2019, self-watering, low-maintenance gardens\u00a0designed to protect our rivers and creeks by capturing stormwater that runs off hard surfaces when it\u00a0rains, also received support across the nine survey questions.<br \/>\nNewcastle Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes said the results showed the public was behind the City\u2019s vision for the future.<br \/>\n\u201cIt shows that there is a strong appetite for people to see our vision to create a vibrant, connected and liveable city, realised,\u201d the Lord Mayor said.<br \/>\n\u201cTogether with our plans to upgrade Birdwood and Little Birdwood Park as part of Stage 1, we will create a safe, accessible precinct around the Newcastle Interchange where vibrant streetscapes will encourage more public and active transport use.<br \/>\n\u201cBoth plans will support the growth of Newcastle\u2019s new CBD in the west and cultural precinct in the east.\u201d<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Steelstinside.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/Cycleways-and-green-space-for-the-West-End\/Steelstinside.jpg.aspx\" alt=\"Steelstinside.jpg\" \/><strong>Steel Street, looking north, with wider streets and new-look paving<\/strong><br \/>\nFive green spaces totalling an area larger than a football field will be built in the west to reduce the risks of a \u2018heat island\u2019 effect, which see built-up urban areas become significantly warmer than surrounding rural areas.<br \/>\nA safe, separated east-west cycleway in the Stage 2 plan will stretch from Wickham Park to Union Street along Hunter Street\u2019s southern edge, running between the footpath and a new island bus stop with greenery outside the \u201cSpotlight\u201d corner.<br \/>\nAnother separated cycleway will run north from National Park to Honeysuckle along the western side of Steel Street better connecting the Junction and Merewether with the harbour foreshore.<br \/>\nNew crossings will also be created for pedestrians along Hunter Street as part of the Stage 2 upgrades.<br \/>\nThe City will update the community when the construction timetable is determined.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Separated cycle ways, new dedicated green spaces and wider streets to improve pedestrian and traffic flows will be built in the City\u2019s emerging CBD following the adoption of the West End Stage 2 &#8211; Streetscape Plan. The West End improvements were given the green light from Councillors last night after 85 per cent of those &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/07\/24\/cycleways-and-green-space-for-the-west-end\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cycleways and green space for the West End&#8221;<\/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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3331","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=3331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}