We're encouraging the community to comment on concept designs for a $14.2 million revitalisation of the Crown St Mall.
The designs include:
- new paving
- street furniture
- more trees
- ambient lighting
- improved play and performance spaces.
Sightlines and visibility will be improved in the Mall by removing the birdcage and installing a new play space, water features, performance space and chess set.
Trees and furniture will be modern and simple.
Lighting will be a key part of the design, with colourful lanterns proposed for early evenings and floodlights for late nights to increase security.
The designs have been prepared by the NSW Government Architect Office following feedback from the community in late 2008 that they wanted to see the Mall revitalised and kept closed to traffic.
The community has two weeks to comment on the concept designs, with work on the staged project expected to start in early 2011.
Have your say before Wednesday, 9 June