BLUE MOUNTAINS
DISASTER RECOVERY GRANT
Blue Mountains City Council has received in principle approval from Transport for NSW (TfNSW) for disaster recovery grant funding up to $33M for emergency roadworks.
All available resources are being applied by the Council to fixing the roads as well as the 66 landslides that have occurred in the City, as soon as possible. Additional external contractor crews are also being engaged to support this important recovery work. However, there is an extremely high demand for road contractors and materials across all disaster affected local government areas.
Almost one-third of the road network was damaged during natural disasters this year. The worst hit areas have been Wentworth Falls, Katoomba, Leura and the Megalong Valley, but roads have been seriously damaged in all 27 towns and villages throughout the Blue Mountains.
GORDON FALLS RESERVE
Blue Mountains City Council is creating a Masterplan for the Gordon Falls Reserve Precinct to help guide how we enhance, protect and support nature and culturebased recreation at this popular location.
Working with experienced consultants, Council is looking at the renewal and upgrade of the existing amenities building at the Reserve, the existing park infrastructure including seating, tables and the children's playground, carparking in the Reserve and surrounding streets, to determine capacity and possible improvements, upgrades to the walking track and Elysian and Olympian Rock Lookouts and the feasibility of an accessible walking track to a lookout within the Reserve.
“Council has already been engaged with the community on the Masterplan for the Blue Mountains Southern Escarpment,” Mayor, Cr Mark Greenhill said. “As part of that project, Gordon Falls Reserve Precinct was identified as a priority area
