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Greener Places, Healthier Waterways Vision
Our aspiration is that the Camden LGA will become a place where:
To achieve this aspiration, Green and Blue
Grid projects should seek to:
People can walk to shops,
schools, bus stops and future
train stations under tree
lined shaded pathways.
Waterways are healthier
and the air is cleaner.
There is local wildlife
for people to watch
and interact with.
1. Maintain, repair, and protect existing
natural water corridors, wetlands, farm
dams, rivers and lakes, trees, riparian
areas, rural land, bushland and green
open spaces;
2. Manage, improve and rejuvenate the
quality of existing waterways and
vegetation and their adaptability
to urban heat, drought, and other
environmental changes; or
3. Add to and enhance the local Green and
Blue Grid by prioritising initiatives that
positively contribute to completing the
missing links within the network and
reintegrate nature into urban areas.
People can visit a lake
or river to exercise,
relax and enjoy
spending time with
family and friends.
People can play in green open
spaces, at playgrounds and
sporting fields that have
enough trees to provide
shade and shelter.
The impacts of heat
waves and extreme
weather events on the
community are reduced.
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