The City Renewal Authority has released its plan for the Acton Waterfront, including a lakeside park of more than 40,000 square metres.
The Authority said its Acton Waterfront Place Plan, reaffirmed the community’s vision for a new city lakeside destination as a place for all Canberrans.
“Designed in consultation with the community and key stakeholders the place plan captures their updated needs and aspirations for the waterfront’s public spaces, including a more than 40,000 square metres lakeside park,” the Authority said.
“The place plan proposes themes and principles for future development as well as identifying four different “destinations” as part of an integrated public space network,” it said.
“The Acton Waterfront Place Plan will influence designs for future stages of work in coming years, starting with the lakeside public spaces.”
The Authority said the Plan described the look and feel of Acton Waterfront and how the area would be experienced by people.
“It will be a place with a green heart – with lots of trees and plants – but it will also have play and cultural spaces, dining and entertainment options, the flexibility to cater for both everyday uses and special events, and importantly, it will make great connections to the existing city centre,” it said.
“It will respect the national significance of the location, with its important views, while also focusing on the human scale, ensuring that it is both a functional and comfortable place for people to spend time.”
It said the quality of built form, landscape and public spaces would be an integral part of the Acton Waterfront experience.
The Authority’s 54-page Acton Waterfront Place Plan can be accessed at this PS News link.
