Place Management

New 'Place Services' Team

On Monday 11 April, a new �Place Services� team was formed by merging Council's Place Managers and Operational Liaison Officers. The new Place Services team will enhance place-based planning and service delivery, fulfilling a key objective of the Parramatta City Council Services Review.

The Place Services team comprises of a paired Place Manager and Operational Liaison Officer servicing one of four key areas (North West, City Centre / Central, North East, South) and is located in Council's administrative building at Darcy Street, Parramatta.

Neighbourhoods that are liveable and distinctive

The Better Neighbourhood Program (BNP) includes urban renewal initiatives and upgrades to the public domain (or streetscape) of key centres throughout the City of Parramatta. The upgrades include new paving and street furniture to improve the visual amenity of the area. The aim of the program is to deliver high quality, attractive, distinctive and viable neighbourhood centres each with a sense of local identity.
Works at the following centres have been completed or are underway:

Granvile
Kleins Road, Northmead
Laneway between Beecroft Road and Rawson Street, Epping
Laneway, Betty Cuthbert Shopping Centre, Ermington
Dundas Station Shops
Midson Road Shops
Constitution Hill
Telopea

A similar program operates in Parramatta City Centre. Works planned, underway or being completed in 2010-11 include:

Foreshore lighting (escarpment near Ferry Wharf)
Church Street North (infilling between Lennox Bridge and Victoria Road)
Parramasala Bud-lighting