23-230307-FINAL-Camden-Green-and-Blue-Grid-Vision-April-2023-Version-for-webpage - Flipbook - Page 19
Greener Places, Healthier Waterways Vision
Key Recommendations
1. Create
linear open
space ‘Green Grid’
corridors to promote
walking, cycling and
public transport usage,
and to provide important
habitat corridors for
animals and
wildlife.
4. Keep existing
farm dams and
wetlands when
designing new and future
suburbs – these will provide
a water source for wildlife
and create focal points
within new open spaces
for people to
enjoy.
6. Unlock
the value of the
Water NSW Upper
Canal by investigating
opportunities to make
use of the space adjacent
to the canal for recreation
spaces, urban greening
and as an active
transport corridor.
9. Connect key
destinations within
towns by planting trees
along new roads, active
transport routes (e.g. walking
and cycling tracks), near
future railway stations and
near community and retail
centres to create a series
of local ‘green grid’
loops.
13.
Reintroduce
‘greenery’ into the
established urban
areas by planting more
trees and vegetation
along streets, creeks
and wetlands.
15. Connect
10. Use
(both physically
rivers and
and visually) the
creeks
as the main river towns of Camden
5. Use
7. Develop
structure for the
2. Design
Town and Spring Farm
electricity
a
circuit
local Green
a riverside walk
to the Nepean River and
easements as green
and network of
Grid.
along the Nepean
Leppington and Oran
links by vegetating these
pedestrian
paths
River, Cobbitty Creek and
Park to South
areas with low level native
lined with trees and
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Bringelly Creek that will
Creek.
planting – offering new
11.
vegetation
(local
Return
provide additional recreation
walking and cycling tracks
Protect
‘Green Grid’ loops) in
waterways to
opportunities for the
for people to use as
and restore
established
suburbs
a
more natural
community and important
well as creating new
16. Use
bushland.
rather
than
linear
state.
biodiversity links.
biodiversity links for
infrastructure
corridors.
wildlife.
'Grey Grid' corridors
3.
17.
such
as The Northern
8. Retain
Create more
Promote the
Road,
Narellan
Road
and
12.
and restore
east-west links of
Nepean River and
other key roads to extend
Investigate ways
vegetation
trees and vegetation
South Creek as strong
recreation
opportunities,
to
retain
water
in
around South Creek
across the local grid to
'Blue Grid' connections
active transport
the environment by
and Kemps Creek
connect Town Centres and river
and plant trees and
corridors
and
tree
incorporating
Water
when planning for
and creek systems – This will
vegetation along these
canopy
cover.
Sensitive
Urban
Design
development.
provide stepping stone habitats
waterways to protect and
(WSUD) into new builds,
for animals to move between
stabilise their banks and
public domain projects
as well as provide shade for
strengthen adjoining
and during the master
people to move about
riparian land.
planning for new
their local area.
suburbs.
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