A busy year ahead for Wollongong

While New Year celebrations are fresh in our memory, we’re taking a moment to get excited for the year ahead!

From footpath improvements to playground upgrades, road works, our continued investment in West Dapto, renovations of community buildings and planting more trees on public land, there’s a lot to look forward to this year.

Curious about what’s planned for your community? We’re encouraging residents to take a look at our online map of future works. The digital tool shows where and when we plan to start works on a number of different projects all around the Wollongong Local Government Area (LGA).

Wollongong City Lord Mayor Councillor Gordon Bradbery AM said that Council was responsible for building and managing around $5 billion worth of infrastructure assets across the city.

“This includes footpaths, cycleways, shared paths, local roads, public pools, stormwater pipes, picnic shelters, playgrounds, libraries, and community centres,” Cr Bradbery said.

“With such a broad portfolio of assets under our belt, we need to be strategic on when and where we priorities upgrades so that we can be sure we’re using our community’s money wisely and completing work in a timely manner.”

Wollongong City Council General Manager Greg Doyle said that there was a lot happening locally to make our community a great place to live, work and play.

“There’s lots planned for this financial year and next financial year, and you will continue to see the Council fluoro out and about as our staff complete a range of different projects,” Mr Doyle said.

“We plan our projects ahead of time, and you can see what’s scheduled in your community by jumping onto Council’s website or reading our infrastructure Delivery Program 2022-2023. We’ve organised upcoming projects on our website by category and suburb so that you can explore future works based on your interests.”

A taste of some of the community-focussed projects we’re delivering over the next year…

• Upgrade roads, footpaths, shared paths, cycleways, and bridges across the Wollongong LGA.
• Upgrade or replace playgrounds at Figtree Oval, Gymea Glades in Helensburgh, Kallara Link in Cordeaux Heights, William Street Reserve and Gordon Hutton Park in Bulli, Waldron Park in Mount St Thomas and Hicks Road Reserve in Thirroul.
• Continue to work towards the delivery of the new Warrawong Community Centre and Library and design of the Helensburgh Community Centre and Library.
• Continued investment in flood and stormwater management, coastal and lake asset protection, including mitigation works at six locations in the northern suburbs. The resilience of our city to climate change and emergencies is a high priority.
• Replace and upgrade the kitchens in the Wollongong Youth Centre, Bulli Community Centre and Western Suburbs Pre-School.
• Continue to upgrade roads in West Dapto to improve access.
• Upgrading the IPAC to meet current safety, comfort and accessibility standards for all members of our community to enjoy.
• Upgrade car parks including the Darcy Wentworth Park in Warrawong, Sid Parish Park in Figtree, Ocean Park in Woonona, Bulli Tourist Park and Corbett Avenue in Thirroul.
• Maintain our nine rock pools.
• Design of the King George V Park Masterplan Stage 1.

For more information about what we have planned for our city, see our Future Works and Projects webpage.