Media Releases
Hotel Action Plan to support growing tourism market
Major tourism groups have welcomed a City of Sydney action plan encouraging new and refurbished hotel developments, including a more diverse range of hotels to accommodate the growing number of visitors, particularly from Asia.
Tourism Accommodation Australia (TAA), the Tourism & Transport Forum Australia (TTF) the Property Council of Australia (PCA) and AMP Capital all praised the Visitor Accommodation Action Plan adopted by the City of Sydney.
In submissions on the plan, the TTF said “its objectives, particularly in encouraging a more diverse accommodation sector should be “applauded,” while the TAA congratulated the City on a “very comprehensive research and consultation process.
Bin your Butts anti-litter campaign hailed a great success
Public spaces in Rhodes and Concord are looking cleaner and greener thanks to Council's Bin your Butts project, says Mayor Angelo Tsirekas.
Implemented earlier this year, the project has achieved a staggering reduction of littered cigarette butts across Rhodes Town Square and Majors Bay Road, Concord. These areas were found to have a high number of cigarette butts tossed in gardens, around seating and outside local shops and cafes.
Through funding received from the Environment Protection Authority (EPA), Council installed nine new butt bins across the two locations, ran an education and enforcement campaign, carried out litter surveys and made amenity improvements to encourage pride in the local area.
McLachlan Park development ready to proceed
All the hurdles have now been cleared for the redevelopment of Maclean’s riverside park, McLachlan Park.
Clarence Valley Council tonight voted to amend its earlier decision for a staged development of the park and will instead complete the work in single, continuous development.
Street Lighting Upgrades Accomplished
Baw Baw Shire Council’s Sustainable Street Lighting Upgrade Program is coming to a close after 2,606 street lights have been swapped for more efficient lighting.
Council manages 4,495 street lights of various types across the Shire, including mercury vapour (moon colour) and high pressure sodium (orange colour) lighting. The project replaced the existing, inefficient 80 watt mercury vapour lighting with 18 watt LED lighting to reduce Council’s operational costs and carbon footprint.
Street lighting contributes to approximately 40 per cent of Council’s total operational greenhouse emissions. Changing the street lights reduces these emissions by 1,150 tonnes each year.