StageTwo
At the 25 October Council meeting, Council resolved to recommend the preferred names to the Geographical Names Board (GNB) for endorsement and gazettal.
The GNB later endorsed Guwali Street, Mangrove Street, Sear Rush Street and Shearwater Crescent on 20 December 2021 and Sanctuary Boulevard was formally gazetted on 24 December 2021.
Information relating to the community consultation undertaken for the five (5) proposed names for five (5) new streets in the Hill Road Precinct, Sydney Olympic Park is below. A map shows where the five (5) new roads are located and descriptions for each name provide a better understanding of why the names were selected.
Please refer to the map below to see where the road and street are located and for a better understanding of why the names were selected, please read the contextual information for each name below.
Project update:
Feedback on the five (5) proposed names for the five (5) new roads to be delivered within the development precinct at 14-16 Hill Road, Sydney Olympic Park closed at 5pm on Wednesday 22 September 2021.
3406 letters were sent via Australia Post to alert residents and businesses of the opportunity to provide feedback. Alongside targeted social media and corflute signage, the engagement reached an estimated 21,566 persons, culminating in 18 formal contributions.
Council has now completed a review of all submissions provided as part of Community Engagement for this project. From responses received throughout the consultation period, the community sentiment was mostly positive, with ‘Mangrove Street’ and ‘Guwali Street’ being the most popular. All findings from the engagement are captured in the Engagement Evaluation report.
All five (5) names received at least 65% of respondents identifying that they support the use of the name.
Council resolved to endorse the five (5) proposed names at the October 25th 2021 Council meeting. These names were referred to the Geographical Names Board (GNB) of NSW for formal assignment and Gazettal under the Geographical Names Act 1996 with all names being endorsed and/or gazetted by 24 December 2021.