Nirag/NF3's July Report

Northern Illawarra Resident Action Group will hold its AGM at Bulli Community Centre at 7pm on August 2. Contact NIRAG@bigpond.com

Bulli Showground Draft Master Plan

This was on public exhibition until 12 June. NIRAG appreciates that there are opportunities to revitalise the whole precinct when greyhound racing ends on the site. The plan should allow the annual Illawarra Folk Festival and the Men’s Shed to continue, and provide areas for sporting and cultural activities so that it is used actively every day by the community, rather than for occasional large events. It may be a good location for a northern skate park. It would be advantageous to develop a plan for the entire area of open space between the Princes Highway and the land reserved for the extension of the Northern Distributor, rather than just the area currently leased for greyhounds.

Trinity Row cycleway

Following successful representations by NIRAG to widen the cycleway to 4m along Trinity Row, community members have expressed concerns about the proposal to build a high safety fence at the top of the embankment between Alroy and Jardine Streets. A site meeting was held with Council to consider alternatives that would reduce the length of fencing and also to get a safer design at the entrance to the Bulli Beach cafe and carpark. Signage and line marking to ensure vehicles Give Way to pedestrians and cycles on the shared way is recommended.

Another meeting was held to look at keeping the existing disabled parking and the old-style picnic shelter, and building the new shelter with a shorter access path close to the existing car park.

Integrated Transport Strategy (ITS)

NIRAG /NF3 has contributed to a second workshop in June for the Wollongong ITS to plan movement of people, freight and services. These workshops aim to identify ways to deliver the future vision of Wollongong’s transport network. The Strategy will inform an integrated, multi modal and sustainable transport plan to support people, land use and services, recognising the shared responsibility and roles of Wollongong City Council, Transport for NSW, the Federal and State government and the private sector.

Next meeting is the AGM, 7pm, 2 August, Bulli Community Centre hall. All welcome.