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Camden Council
Key Findings
6. There are
opportunities to
enhance and create linear
corridors of green spaces along
the Nepean River and South
Creek. These linear corridors
will provide important habitat
corridors for local animals
and plants and improve
people’s access to natural
environments.
8. The
suburbs of
Camden, Narellan,
Spring Farm and
Leppington are identified as
locations for local Green and
Blue Grid loops to be developed.
These loops will offer new links
between daily destinations
such as shops, school, work,
and public transport and
should follow existing
creek lines.
4. Retaining
1. The
and reinstating
Blue Grid
native vegetation
acts as a spine to
associated with South
support the Green Grid.
Creek and Kemps Creek
The Analysis identified the river
in the Future Urban areas
and permanent creek network is
will be critical to maintaining
still well connected and evident on
Green Grid connectivity
9. There are
the ground. The health of the river
as these areas are
opportunities to
and creek system can be improved
transformed into
better connect the
7.
by focusing efforts on maintaining
residential areas.
suburbs of Camden
Public utility
the waterflow in streams, creek
and Spring Farm to the
corridors, the road and
tributaries and rivulets that
Nepean River, and Oran
3. The
street network, and cycleways
support the function of the
Park and Leppington to
most
intact
(i.e. the Grey Grid) should be
larger rivers and
South Creek.
areas of native
embellished with trees and vegetation
creeks.
vegetation are found
and incorporate Water Sensitive Urban
in the western and
Design (WSUD) principles to ensure plants
10. Several
northern parts of the
benefit from an ongoing water source. Planting
missing eastCamden LGA, particularly
trees to support the grey grid will create a
west links in the Green
east of the Nepean River
more liveable environment for people, plants,
and Blue Grid Network have
around Cobbitty, Bringelly
and animals. Additional trees and vegetation
been identified including:
and Lowes Creek, and
planted along major road corridors such as
2. The
many are privately
The Northern Road and Narellan Road
• between Spring Farm and Mount
local Green
owned.
and land adjacent to the Water NSW
5.
Council
Annan (Green Grid);
Grid contains
Upper Canal can enhance recreation
has
the
greatest
high quality bushland,
• the Nepean River and South Creek
opportunities, promote active
opportunity to
parks, and reserves,
through Harrington Forest (Green
transport,
and
provide
tree
influence the Green and
however there are
and Blue Grid); and
canopy
corridors.
Blue Grid transformation
‘missing links’ across the
in the Established
• Camden and Narellan Town
existing network of
Urban
areas
of
the
Centres (Green Grid).
green open spaces.
Camden LGA.
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