The beginning of a new year is traditionally the time when we make resolutions for the 12 months ahead. In the business world, that time comes in the middle of the calendar year, when plans and budgets are set for the next financial period.
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Lake Macquarie City Council this week put on public exhibition its Operational Plan for 2017-18, as well as its Delivery Program for the next four years.
These two plans together, titled Our Future in Detail, outline the actions we will take in the short and medium term to achieve the goals outlined in our new 10-year Community Strategic Plan for the City, Our Future in Focus.
The plans set out many exciting projects and developments for our city.
There are more than $111 million in capital works projects set down for 2017-18, including $30 million for road surfacing and upgrades and nearly $20 million on improvements to parks and playgrounds, including a new Cameron Park recreation area and upgrades to Speers Point Park.
About $5 million will be spent improving sports facilities, a similar amount on traffic and transport upgrades such as speed humps, school crossings and streetscape works, and more than $2 million on community buildings.
We plan to deliver at least 2600 cultural programs through the city’s libraries and art gallery, regenerate eight hectares of bushland through Landcare projects, implement flood studies and adaptation plans, prepare transport management plans for busy town centres, increase neighbourhood walkability, implement green waste initiatives and expand the Awaba Waste Management Facility.
You can see exactly what is in store for your area, and post comments, by going to our community feedback website haveyoursaylakemac.com.au/future-in-detail, and clicking on an interactive map that lists upcoming projects and plans, suburb by suburb.
A fond farewell
The council’s General Manager, Brian Bell, announced his retirement last week and will leave council at the end of June after 11 years at Lake Macquarie and a 50-year career in local government. Our council and city have thrived under Brian’s steady, efficient and people-focused management style, and he will leave a great legacy of leadership.