As part of the NSW Government's commitment to building better communities, the new park at Bank Street will provide open space for the community and will be the first of many public benefits that will be delivered as part of the renewal of Blackwattle Bay.
A formal process to officially name the park will begin shortly, with construction to begin next year.
This park will be next door to the new Blackwattle Bay precinct, which will contain 1500 new homes.
Earlier this year an Expressions of Interest process opened, seeking a development partner to renew the 3.6 hectare precinct and parcel of government-owned land currently home to the Sydney Fish Market.
The new park will feature a stunning section of the foreshore promenade and will ultimately form part of a 15-kilometre continuous harbourside walk between Woolloomooloo and Rozelle Bay, one of Australia's longest harbourfront walkways and a 'must see' attraction in Sydney.
Other key features of the park include:
- A permanent outdoor multi-purpose sports court
- Inclusive play space and fitness stations
- Water access and storage for dragon boats
- New launch jetty for recreational paddle craft
- A new café by the water and public amenities
- Adaptive reuse of some of the buildings along Bank Street.
The park has been designed by award winning landscape architects OCULUS with Collins + Turner, Greenaway Architects, and Greenshoot Consulting, and is underpinned by First Nation's design principles of healing, revealing and caring for Country.
