<description>&lt;p&gt;City of Newcastle’s Local Centres Program paves the way for neighbourhood&lt;br&gt;centre upgrades near you, delivering footpath upgrades, tree planting, street&lt;br&gt;furniture and stormwater infrastructure to activate community hubs. Councillor&lt;br&gt;Peta Winney-Baartz, Senior Project Planner Sarah Horan and Project Manager&lt;br&gt;Chris Merlo unpack the latest upgrade to Shortland Local Centre and preview&lt;br&gt;those nearing completion at Mitchell Street, Stockton, and Orchardtown Road,&lt;br&gt;New Lambton, exploring the concept of a 20-minute neighbourhood and the&lt;br&gt;importance of connecting parks, traffic and cycleways to create safer, more&lt;br&gt;accessible public spaces.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Your Newcastle

City of Newcastle

20-minute neighbourhoods: creating safer, more accessible public spaces

SEP 26, 202210 MIN
Your Newcastle

20-minute neighbourhoods: creating safer, more accessible public spaces

SEP 26, 202210 MIN

Description

City of Newcastle’s Local Centres Program paves the way for neighbourhood
centre upgrades near you, delivering footpath upgrades, tree planting, street
furniture and stormwater infrastructure to activate community hubs. Councillor
Peta Winney-Baartz, Senior Project Planner Sarah Horan and Project Manager
Chris Merlo unpack the latest upgrade to Shortland Local Centre and preview
those nearing completion at Mitchell Street, Stockton, and Orchardtown Road,
New Lambton, exploring the concept of a 20-minute neighbourhood and the
importance of connecting parks, traffic and cycleways to create safer, more
accessible public spaces.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.