Wednesday 14 May 2008

$500,000 for heritage initiative

Parramatta Lord Mayor, Paul Barber, has applauded the Rudd Labor Government’s provision of $500,000, in the Budget, for a new heritage initiative Parramatta Stories, a series of heritage tours around Parramatta, which will help boost tourism in Parramatta. Parramatta Stories is the first in a three-stage tourism strategy to deliver vast improvements to heritage listed properties and link them with imaginative trails to bring alive specific themes and characters from Parramatta’s past, he said.

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UWS reducing its carbon footprint

UWS Vice-Chancellor, Professor Janice Reid, said the university was making significant efforts to reduce its carbon footprint by developing the Werrington South campus into a best practice site, which will work with local school to cut carbon emissions She said the university was implementing environmentally-friendly initiatives across all campuses.

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$1.15 million for a cycleway and pathway

Council has allocated $1.15 million in 2008/09 for the construction and completion of a major section of the Parramatta Valley Cycleway over the Gasworks Bridge to the northern side of the Parramatta River. Also, the pathway will provide a direct connection along the southern foreshore allowing RiverCat passengers to walk to historic houses, in Harris Park.

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