Interactive: Wave pools, NRL training centres among the major projects destined for your suburb
Artificial wave pools, NRL high performance centres and a revamped Bondi Pavilion will be among the $2.1 billion major project spend from local councils in 2021-22. SEE WHAT YOUR COUNCIL HAS PLANNED
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Artificial wave pools, NRL high performance centres and a revamped Bondi Pavilion will be among the $2.1 billion major project spend from local councils in 2021-22.
Far removed from roads, rates and rubbish, The Daily Telegraph has crunched the numbers to reveal how much the business of local government has transformed.
With authorities across NSW signing off on their financial plans for the next 12 months, The Telegraph can reveal what major capital works local councils are set to pump money into over the coming year.
They include such lofty projects as Fairfield City Council’s Aquatopia, where work is underway to install a 50-metre artificial wave pool which Mayor Frank Carbone said would bring surfing to Sydney’s west.
The council will pump $12.7m of its own cash into the project, which is scheduled for completion later this year.
“The extra-large size of the pool and the addition of breaking waves means that visitors can do more than swim,” Mayor Carbone told The Telegraph.
“They will be able to surf ride a body board too, and council will be providing opportunities for visitors to learn how to surf, swim or participate in aqua aerobics.
Continuing on the theme of sport and play, Canada Bay Council will lead a $75m project to build a new high-performance and administration headquarters for the Wests Tigers NRL club.
The major work will include an indoor recreation centre for public use, as well as new sporting facilities for local sporting clubs.
To the east, Waverley Council nears completion of the $40m revamp of the Bondi Pavillion.
Work on the heritage-listed site will include a new art gallery and theatre, a community radio studio and new shop fronts for businesses.
And continuing its exploding rate of development, Parramatta will throw $80m into the redevelopment of the suburb’s public transport gateway surrounding the city’s train station.
That will include $52 million going into 5 Parramatta Square, a towering new community precinct with a state-of-the-art library, new council chambers and educational Discovery Centre.
It on top of a near $10m facelift for the adjoining historic Town Hall, as well as $20.5 million going towards the revamp of Parramatta Square which the council has described as “one of the biggest urban regeneration projects Australia has ever seen”.
“With our population set to double in the next 20 years, we are setting up our city for a promising future by rolling out once-in-a-generation projects,” City of Parramatta Lord Mayor Cr Bob Dwyer said.
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