Blacktown City Council - Media Release - Prospect Park And Snowy Reserve

19 August 2019

Families in Prospect and Seven Hills have a brand new

venue for outdoor fun following the construction of new 

parks.

Snowy Reserve, Tuross St, Seven Hills and Prospect Park, 

Aldgate Street, Prospect, both received more than $100,000 

for the installation of new equipment.

Blacktown City Mayor Stephen Bali said the new parks will 

encourage families to head outside.

“Blacktown City recognises the importance of allocating 

funds to build new and improved play spaces for our 

community,” Mayor Bali said.

“Council dedicated $128,000 for Snowy Reserve and 

$113,000 for Prospect Park to ensure the community has a 

place where friends and families can come together and 

enjoy the outdoors.”

An extensive public consultation was conducted with the 

community ensuring both parks would be well utilised.

“There is a range of equipment for the children to enjoy,” 

Mayor Bali said.

“There is a multi-swing set, see-saw, a sitting race-car, a 

main play structure, featuring slides and bridges and 

climbing apparatus at Prospect Park.

“Snowy Reserve will include both a junior play unit and a 

senior play unit with slides, climbers, standing platforms and 

a trampoline.”

Snowy Reserve playground

Councillor Kathie Collins OAM and 

Councillor Susai Benjamin at Prospect Park.

New Park Alert - Coming Soon To Prospect - Blacktown City Cpuncil Twitter

Blacktown City Council

New park alert! Coming soon is the new Prospect Park.

Construction will be complete by June, weather permitting.

Please note the artist impression is not the final layout, but all

pieces included in the design will be implemented.

Editors Notes: I wonder if we will be getting parks like this in

Wards 4-5 within Mount Druitt Area, in the future as well?

Blacktown City Council Media Release - OMG it’s a FTW! Wetland Treatment A Blacktown First...

MEDIA RELEASE

13 June 2017

A pond that essentially cleans itself has been built by Blacktown City Council at William Lawson Park, Prospect. 

Called a “floating treatment wetland” (FTW), it is the first to be built in a public reserve in Blacktown City and uses water plants to filter stormwater and remove sediments, the Mayor of Blacktown City, Councillor Stephen Bali said.

“The concept is an innovative approach to capturing nutrients and sediment from stormwater runoff,” said Mayor Bali. 

“Because it floats, it rises and falls with floodwaters and is therefore more effective than traditional fixed wetlands or mechanical filters, which have to be constantly cleaned.”

It’s the first of its type in a Blacktown City park and can be seen from a viewing platform off Lancelot Street, Prospect.

The FTW aims to improve water quality by removing pollutants such as heavy metals and nutrients, Mayor Bali said.

“The treated stormwater water then flows from the creek to the river system, as better quality water thanks to the FTW treatment,” he said.  

Council’s Bushland Officer, Katrina Brown, said the FTW has an area of 100 square metres and contains 1,520 locally grown wetland plants.

“FTWs use plants growing on a mat floating on the surface of the water rather than planted directly in the ground,” she said.

“Plant roots hang beneath a floating mat and provide a large surface area for growth, which is an important part of the water treatment process.

“These systems can tolerate typical water depth fluctuations without the risk of the plants becoming flooded and stressed.”

Follow the link below for high quality photographs of the floating treatment wetland:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/l1pnh10c87selq9/AACTafjyITJOQegFFMmyNSK9a?dl=0

(left picture) Bushland officer Katrina Brown and Mayor Stephen Bali check out the floating treatment wetland at William Lawson Park.

(Right picture) The floating treatment wetland at William Lawson Park.

Blacktown City Council 'Have You Say' - Prospect Community

MEDIA RELEASE

Prospect Residents Have A Good Say  19th May 2017

Blacktown City Council’s latest Have Your Say forum – at Prospect – attracted more than 100 residents and ratepayers, who told Council they appreciated being able to talk directly about issues of concern.

Prospect resident of 50 years, Joseph Gauci, raised the issue of a lack of footpaths on his street and challenged Council about allocation of funding for road improvements.

“We came out of the forum with a different point of view about Council,” he said.

“Everybody enjoyed it and most of us felt our questions were answered to the best that they could.

“I mean you can’t help everyone, but the Councillors and staff came to listen to us.

“It was quiet impressive. We didn’t expect everyone to be so open with residents,” he said.

Many residents took up the opportunity to ask Council staff and Councillors about questions affecting their neighbourhoods, including concerns over an application to build a place of worship in the suburb.

Mayor of Blacktown City Stephen Bali said: “The forums show that people want an opportunity to voice their personal concerns about some very important issues to their local areas.

“Understandably we can’t answer everything at the forum, and some issues before Council have to follow due process, but the important thing is that people had a chance to be heard by us and we had the opportunity to listen.”

Prospect resident Mark Smith raised the issue about conditions of operation over a development near his property.

“It was good to be given the opportunity to speak, but we are waiting to see the action that comes out of it,” he said.

Council provided information on local business support, transformation plans for Blacktown’s CBD, Council’s Our Blacktown 2036 strategy, bush care groups in the local area, Council events, library programs, information from the police local area command and No Badgerys Creek Airport Inc.

“I am pleased to see an increasing number of people coming out at each of our forums to meet with us and discuss issues they want to raise,” Mayor Bali said.

“Our whole city is changing, and being informed about everything that is happening is important for our growing community.”

“I encourage people to attend their local forums as they are staged, so they can be informed and involved in what’s happening in their neighbourhoods,” Mayor Bali said.

Council’s next monthly community forum is at 7pm on Wednesday, 14 June at the Oakhurst Neighbourhood Centre, 51 Standish Avenue, Oakhurst.

The previous forum held on Monday, 8 May in Riverstone was a standing room only event and was the biggest forum to date – attracting some 300 people.

Council had to shut the doors when the hall reached capacity and Mayor Bali promised to stage a second forum in the Riverstone area.

This is will be held at 7pm on Monday, 1 June at the Riverstone High School, 71 McCulloch Street, Riverstone with exactly the same agenda as the previous forum.

Forum details: 

Riverstone – 7pm, Thursday 1 June, at the Riverstone High School, 71 McCulloch Street, Riverstone.

Oakhurst – 7pm, Wednesday 14 June Oakhurst Neighbourhood Centre, 51 Standish Avenue, Oakhurst .

Email: Forums@blacktown.nsw.gov.au