Lomond Centre Shops

The Better Neighbourhood Program (BNP) is a long-running and successful Council program that focuses on the capital upgrades of local centres outside of the Parramatta CBD. The BNP commenced in 1999 and delivers improvements to centres with the goal of enhancing safety, vitality and economic prosperity.

Between 2011 and 2019, Council invested $11,761,333 in BNP projects, which consisted primarily of:

• Capital upgrades to local, town and neighbourhood centres. Examples of projects delivered include streetscape upgrades at Carmen Drive, Ventura Road, The Chisholm Centre, Carlingford and Lawndale Road Shops.
• Connecting Centres to improve access to local centres and neighbourhoods.
• Complementary public domain improvements.

A total of $3,200,000 has been allocated to the BNP over the next two financial years. This includes $620,000 in FY 2019/20 and $2,580,000 in FY 2020/21. The funding allocation is larger in the second year to allow for detailed design and construction processes to be completed in FY 2020/21.

https://www.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/councilconnecting-with-council/better-neighbourhood-projects

Centres Review Link

https://www.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/sites/council/files/inline-files/centres-review-lomond-cres-shops.pdf

The Lomond Centre Shops is primarily privately owned (approximately 90% of the land area).

As the Better Neighbourhood Program seeks to upgrade public places and spaces, this upgrade will focus on items including the garden beds and access to the shops which are primarily located in the Council owned area.

The Coral Trees will be removed and replaced with deciduous trees. Two of the same species of deciduous trees will also be planted at the front of the shops.

Coral Trees have been identified as a weed by the NSW Department of Primary Industries. For more information, visit https://weeds.dpi.nsw.gov.au/Weeds/Details/43