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 33 – Cycle Walk Ways And Ramps

Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
On August 11, 2021
harbour bridge cycleway

Milsons Point’s Bradfield Park; it’s under Attack by the State Government for no good reason with a $20m (2016 cost data) spend on a ramp. The State Government is planning to build a cycleway through iconic Bradfield Park at Milsons Point. North Sydney is one of the most densely populated areas of Sydney; it’s acutely […]