Newsletter 36 – Precincts

Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
On September 28, 2021
Bradfield Park, harbour bridge cycleway

Precincts – an exercise in participatory democracy. There’s – no better way to make Councillors aware of voters’ concerns Back in 1972 North Sydney Council first put in place the mechanism to foster participatory democracy. we called it the Community Precinct System; divided North Sydney’s local government area in to (now) 26 precincts (not all […]

Newsletter 35 – Bradfield Park

Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
On September 26, 2021
Bradfield Park, harbour bridge cycleway

Bradfield Park and a cycleway – a questionable process What do you do: When the Government announces a project that appears to violate the Auditor General’s guidelines intended to ensure infrastructure projects: are actually needed; represent value for money; based on sound assumptions; with improved safety for all? When the project fails to meet its […]

Newsletter 34 – The HighLine and the TAHE

Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
On September 2, 2021
Sydney Harbour HighLine

A Community Asset Until 1932 the main rail line from Hornsby to North Sydney passed through Waverton and terminated on the harbour foreshore at Milsons Point (North Sydney) In 1932 the rail line was diverted from Waverton to North Sydney and then over the Harbour Bridge and on to the “City Circle.” The Waverton to […]