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Camden Council
Our Existing
Green and Blue Grid
Camden’s Green and Blue Grid includes waterways, reserves and habitat corridors
that span across the entire LGA. As shown in Figure 2, they create a series of linear
corridors and interconnecting landscapes, that when combined, illustrate Camden’s
existing Green and Blue Grid.
Figure 2 identifies key everyday destinations such as retail centres (strategic,
town, local and neighbourhood), existing and future train stations, and parks and
reserves. Planting trees along key travel routes and at these key destinations can
encourage people to walk and cycle and stay longer in these places.
The South Creek corridor is a defining spatial element at the heart of the Western
Parkland City. The NSW Government has plans to transform South Creek into a
corridor of public open spaces, joined by walking and cycling trails. At the centre of
this transformation are plans to improve tree canopy cover, riparian vegetation and
the health of South Creek. Camden can support the achievement of this district
goal by delivering Green and Blue Grid initiatives along the South Creek corridor
within Camden LGA.
In the 2018 Western City District Plan (District Plan), the NSW Government
identifies the Water NSW Upper Canal as an important piece of infrastructure that
could benefit the Green and Blue Grid. The District Plan promotes using land along
the Water NSW Upper Canal as open space, for urban greening projects and to
provide an active transport corridor while protecting drinking water infrastructure
and supply. The delivery of Green and Blue Grid projects will be on land adjacent
to the Upper Canal to ensure Greater Sydney's drinking water infrastructure and
supply is protected.
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