City of Newcastle ready to revitalise next stage of Hunter Street Mall

Another section of the Hunter Street Mall will undergo its most significant beautification in several decades as works start today with local contractor Daracon.

The next stage will see City of Newcastle revitalise the streetscape on Hunter Street between Thorn and Wolfe Streets, and on Wolfe Street between King and Scott Streets.

Extensive community consultation shaped the East End Stage One Streetscape Masterplan, which will provide extension of the two-way cycleway on the northern side of Hunter Street, while new paving, roadway and footpaths will be delivered to enhance the area for cyclists, pedestrians and drivers.

Executive Manager Project Management Office Robert Dudgeon; Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes; Daniel Pitcher, from Daracon; Deputy Lord Mayor Declan Clausen; Project Manager Kate Summers; Senior Project Manager Michael Head.

Newcastle Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes said, “the next stages of the Hunter Street Mall revitalisation will deliver new multi-function street lighting, upgraded street furniture, and fresh landscaping will transform the look and feel of the area with a mix of evergreen and deciduous trees to enhance the character and biodiversity of the street.”

"The community's vision is to reinstate Hunter Street as a traditional high street and as an attractive destination for locals and visitors to enjoy, with enhanced outdoor dining and unique local retail opportunities," Cr Nelmes said.

"Following this next stage, we will have invested more than $10 million into the Hunter Street Mall to deliver high quality, more accessible streetscape improvements for local businesses, pedestrians and cyclists, replicating what we have already delivered in front of the QT building between Perkins and Wolfe streets.

"Generations of Novocastrians have fond memories of the Mall and I'm proud that we are restoring this historic part of our inner city to a higher standard than many of us can remember."

Deputy Lord Mayor Declan Clausen said the latest works will unlock housing and investment in a vital part of Newcastle.

“This public investment supports more than $1 billion in private investment through the East End development which has been breathing new life into our City, creating hundreds of new homes while respecting our City’s landscape.

“Under previous administrations the inner city was a story of urban decline, however this new work reaffirms the current Council’s commitment to delivering the revitalisation our City deserves.”

The work will also upgrade the existing watermain and stormwater infrastructure.

For more information visit: newcastle.nsw.gov.au/eastend