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City operations switched to 100% renewable electricity, under new renewable energy contracts that created regional jobs in the Glen Innes, Wagga Wagga and Shoalhaven, and that will save our ratepayers half a million dollars a year for the next ten years.
- Completed the CBD and South East Light Rail public domain works in George Street
- Began our George Street Stage 2 pedestrianisation of the remainder of George Street South from Town Hall to Rawson Place (near Central Station).
- In early 2020 in response to the spread of Covid19 pandemic which forced social distancing, seriously affecting all aspects of city life; the City introduced a $72.5 million financial relief package to support our residents, businesses, cultural and vulnerable communities through the pandemic:
- included providing rent relief for city-building tenants,
- refunding venue and advertising fees for cancelled events,
- covering cost of closed facilities so casuals were paid,
- waiving fees for compulsory health and safety inspections,
- waiving outdoor dining fees,
- provided grants for 654 organisations and businesses worth a total of $8.85 million,
- gave OzHarvest $1million in funding to give out hampers to those in need, and
- establish a supermarket in Waterloo, on the basis of “take what you need and pay what you can…”.
- And, the City purchased approximately 20,000 reusable face masks for those in our community who need them most.
- Worked with the NSW Government on temporary pop-up cycleways to get people into the city safely:
- Pitt Street north in the CBD,
- Moore Park Road towards Bondi,
- Pyrmont Bridge Road in Glebe,
- Henderson Road in Eveleigh,
- Sydney Park Road, and
- Dunning Avenue in Rosebery.(Pitt St, Bridge St, Sydney Park Road),
- 1,000 street parking permits were issued to essential services organisations like our major hospitals, and
- free, 24-hour access was offered to our Goulburn Street and Kings Cross car parks, and
- we also introduced a period of leniency for parking fines in the LGA.
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Opened the Wilson and Burren Street Cycleway, a new connection that links Erskineville with Redfern via Macdonaldtown Station.
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Started work on the Macleay Street upgrade in Potts Point, which will deliver new plantings, pavers instead of bitumen, trees, seating and bike racks.
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Announced the Museum of Chinese in Australia would be the new occupants of the old Haymarket Library.
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Completed renewal of the Cutler Footway in Paddington.
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Trialled our first electric garbage truck, so that one day our garbage truck fleet can be emissions free.
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Endorsed the Open and Creative Planning Reforms, which will support our city’s late night diversity and making it easier to manage sound levels when issues arise between venues and residents.
