Ku-ring-gai Draft Green Grid Strategy

The aim of the Ku-ring-gai Green Grid is to facilitate the connection of key areas of public and private open space, national parks and bushland, suburbs, key local and neighbourhood centres and adjacent Local Government Areas (LGAs).

The Ku-ring-gai Green Grid firstly considered the Sydney Green Grid, developed by the NSW Government in collaboration with local councils. Ku-ring-gai falls within the North District of the Sydney Green Grid.

Not all suggested Sydney Green Grid routes have been adopted (such as where a route has the potential to harm a sensitive bushland or biodiversity area).

The Ku-ring-gai Green Grid was then further developed in Council’s Local Strategic Planning Statement.

Council then undertook an analysis of local opportunities and constraints, to develop specific routes outlined in the draft Strategy.

The key opportunities included routes which provided easy access, could utilise existing infrastructure and which incorporated significant points of interest and destinations.

Constraints included routes which had a steep topography, had narrow infrastructure corridors and where the user environment was not attractive and/or pleasant.

No. The strategy will be implemented as budget becomes available.

Yes.

Later in 2025, Council will be undertaking more targeted consultation on a ward-by-ward basis to further refine the draft strategy’s proposed routes and inform the action and implementation plan.

Any significant street-specific changes, such as traffic calming or the introduction of cycling routes, would separately be subject to community engagement.

No. At this stage, Council has only prepared a list of the types of improvements which could be implemented on certain routes.

More detailed design work would take place before any of these proposed improvements were suggested in specific areas. If significant, community engagement would also take place in relation to these improvements.

It is expected a report will be prepared for Council’s consideration, including the outcomes of community feedback, in mid-2025.

Community members will have the opportunity to address Councillors, at Council’s public forum, before the meeting.