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New Lighting along Old King's Foreshore project

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Works now complete

Old King’s Foreshore lights up!

Following extensive community consultation, planning and design, Heritage NSW approvals, and a construction program delayed by unseasonal heavy rains, the Old King’s Foreshore lighting project is now complete.

The Old King's Foreshore holds cultural, historical and social significance at local, state and federal levels. The foreshore is also a popular recreation area and forms a part of a high-traffic pedestrian corridor linking key destinations, namely the Parramatta CBD and Commbank Stadium.

A risk assessment of the area undertaken by Council identified that the current lack of lighting and visibility poses a potential public safety risk. Twenty (20) LED light poles have now been installed along the shared pathway, adjacent to the Old King's Parade Ground between O’Connell Street and Marsden Street.

The new light poles provide consistent, high-quality lighting of the foreshore path and the connecting link to O’Connell Street, making the trip between the Parramatta CBD and CommBank Stadium brighter and safer for pedestrians and cyclists.

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Design

The new light poles provide consistent high quality lighting of the foreshore path and connecting link to O’Connell Street to a standard suitable for urban parklands and shared use by pedestrians and bike riders.

The light pole design has been selected for its suitability as a standard fixture for use throughout the city river corridor, in a range of settings and has the capacity to integrate other services, such as power, water and data, reducing the visual clutter of separate service cabinets these would otherwise require.

The new LED light poles match those installed adjacent to The Lennox development (opposite Riverside Theatres). The lights, and new landscaping, bring an understated contemporary style to the Parramatta River foreshore.

Lights in day

Lights at night

What did we hear?

In mid-2020, the City of Parramatta consulted the community on plans to install permanent pedestrian lighting along the shared path between Marsden Street and O’Connell Street. The community supported the proposal and minor amendments to the design have been informed by the community and stakeholder feedback.Thank you to everyone who participated in the consultation on the Old King's Foreshore Lighting Project proposed plans and the Review of Environmental Factors (REF) in late 2020.

How has community feedback been used?

The technical issues raised in submissions have been reviewed to confirm the design as exhibited provides high quality lighting to an appropriate standard whilst minimising light spill.

  • The switchboard has been relocated to a more discrete location away from O’Connell Street and closer to Marsden Street where it will no longer potentially impact pedestrian sight lines, as noted in one submission.
  • A number of suggestions about improvements for safety in the area are noted for consideration as part of future improvement works.

Further to this, it is noted the current lighting project anticipates two of these potential future improvements in its design.

  • The luminaires have been located and specified to ensure a future widened path will still meet the lighting standard.
  • The poles are cabled and configured to permit a future CCTV installation.

Check out what we heard below:

72 people provided feedback via the survey online

90% of respondents selected that they live within the City of Parramatta LGA

90% said ‘yes’ they do believe this project will increase visibility for pedestrians and cyclists

65% advised ‘yes’, the draft Review of Environmental Factors provide safeguard actions and mitigation measures to minimise these impacts

You suggested adding a path upgrade and mirrors for tight corners

You also suggested: signage, events, pop-up cafes, etc along the route and to update the under-bridge area

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Need an interpreter? Please phone TIS on 131 450.

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Frequently Asked Questions

A review of environmental factors is a document that is prepared to demonstrate due diligence and comply with the requirements of the EP&A Act (1979). Typically, it applies to activities for which development consent is not required under the Act. Instead, the proponent (in this case City of Parramatta) must clearly demonstrate it has identified all environmental impacts of the proposal and mitigation measures to minimise impacts. The REF needs to be appropriate to the nature and scale of the proposal and often draws on specialist studies to reach a conclusion on nature and extent of impacts and mitigations.

For the preparation of this REF, an independent planner was commissioned to prepare it. The planner integrated the advice and findings of the lighting designers, electrical engineers and civil and structural engineers who prepared the design for the works. This was supplemented by reports commissioned for the project from heritage specialists, archaeologists, geotechnical engineers and ecologists.

The City of Parramatta is committed to implementing the mitigations and safeguards identified in the REF.

Council is committed to making sure everyone can access the information they need in a format that is right for them.

If you need assistance, or you would you like information in another language or format, please contact Ron Pidcock, Portfolio Manager on 0466 286 167 or email RPidcock@cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au.

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Timeline

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    July 2020

    Community consultation on plans and Review of Environmental Factors
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    August - September 2020

    Review community and stakeholder feedback and finalise plans
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    October 2020

    Procure construction contracts
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    January 2022

    Archaeologists will be undertaking test excavations prior to 26 January 2022
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    May 2022 

    Works began
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    March 2023

    All works finalised

Resources

Contact Us

  • Participate Parramatta Team

    City of Parramatta

    If you have questions or want to learn more about this project, please contact us using the details below: 

    Phone: 1300 617 058

    Email: participate@cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au

Funding Partners

This project was proudly funded by City of Parramatta, with funding support from the NSW Government under the Greater Sydney Crown Lands Open Space Activation Program.

Need an interpreter? Please phone TIS on 131 450.

If you are deaf and/or find it hard hearing or speaking with people who use a phone, please contact the National Relay Service at relayservice.gov.au and provide them the City of Parramatta contact number, 1300 617 058.