Open Spaces and Foreshore Access

Overview
Based on current trends, urban space developments enhance tourist attraction and residential lifestyle. Open spaces and foreshore access provide recreational opportunities, contributing to liveability of the municipality for residents and visitors, and overall an attractive region. Open space is intrinsic to the lifestyle and image of the Glebe Island and White Bay region. The newly developed White Bay Precinct will therefore feature a series of public areas, aimed to encourage residents to undertake recreational activities and an increased integration with community and social events and activities. This will be achieved through the development of cultural and contemporary arts attractions, as well as the construction of interactive exhibitions in order to promote the flow of foot-traffic surrounding the North-side of White Bay through Glebe island.

Foreshore Accessibility
Pedestrian infrastructure is planned for construction and upgrade in order to supplement and stimulate the foot-traffic around the bay and Glebe Island, which will be beneficial for retail businesses and restaurants which are located around the area, driving consumer demand and sustaining economic growth of businesses within the precinct. The addition of pedestrian infrastructure also presents a simple solution to minimising the environmental impacts of the region, by removing the carbon emissions of motor vehicles, which are decreased as a result of reduced road networks within the region. The design of the pedestrian walkways will constitute a 2.7km timber boardwalk, stretching the across the waterfront and inland through the heart of Glebe island, providing residents and visitors with modern, contemporary foreshore accessibility. In addition, complementing the pedestrian access are mesmerising vistas of the harbour, offering panoramic views of the cityscape and the newly refurbished Barangaroo precinct, situated beyond the harbour. Featured along the walkway are a myriad of fire and light displays, which are utilised to endorse night-life activity, as well as the addition of 2 performance sites situated beside the water. These performance locations are available for public booking, primarily for music/arts performers as well as general entertainment shows, constructed in a bid to reinforce the interrelationships between leisure/recreational use and commercial activity.