Mayor's Weekly Message

Manly leads the way with community infrastructure investment

1 Nov 2013

There’s no doubt Manly punches above its weight when it comes to putting public money back into community infrastructure.

Our Council continues to mandate ambitious targets for Manly and there is a great sense of excitement that things are always changing for the better in Manly.

For a Council with a relatively small resident rate base, we take on a massive scale of capital works because
the benefits to our community are fourfold. Significant capital works projects taken on and managed successfully by Council in the last term have driven strong investment into Manly.

Over the last 5 years, Council has delivered $65 Million in capital assets, of which total building and infrastructure capital spend was $38 Million, including: Manly Ocean Beach Promenade; Roundhouse Child Care Centre; Seaforth TAFE revitalisation; Keirle Park Sports and Community Amenities Building; Seaforth Oval Playground; The Grove dirt jump track at Seaforth; Manly Cove elevated accessible walkway; multiple new playground areas and community gardens.  These works are just some recent examples of our productivity and innovation in capital works.

The Manly2015 Masterplan and vision to upgrade the Manly Andrew ‘Boy’ Charlton Swim Centre are key examples of Manly’s leading approach to community infrastructure. All stages of these infrastructure plans can be financed and have been included in Council’s Long Term Financial Plan.

Residents want improvements and facilities that reflect our changing lifestyle and the continued growth of our region.

Our Council can enable the completion of numerous large-scale projects of critical importance throughout Manly, producing stronger local economic resilience in
the process.

Let’s not sit back and allow those who are fearful of change hold back progress and getting on with making Manly even better.

Moving ahead with progress in the 21st Century is not an option, it’s banking on our children’s future.

 

Jean Hay AM

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