Residents, workers and visitors are being encouraged to have their say on safety and accessibility in the Nowra CBD as part of a project aimed at improving public spaces around Stewart Place.
Shoalhaven City Council has launched a community survey as part of the NSW Government-funded Safer Cities: Her Way 2 – Stewart Place Safe Journeys Project. The initiative is focused on understanding how women, girls and gender-diverse people experience Stewart Place and surrounding laneways in the city’s centre.
The survey is open to people who live, work, study, visit or travel through the area and seeks feedback on a range of issues, including personal safety during the day and night, accessibility, public transport connections, active transport options and the use of public spaces.
Community members are also being asked to identify places they enjoy using, locations they avoid and opportunities to improve inclusion, activation and public life within the CBD.
According to Trina-Marie Onrust from Shoalhaven City Council, feedback gathered through the survey will help inform future community-led improvements and concept designs for the study area.
The project forms part of the NSW Government’s Safer Cities: Her Way 2 Program, which aims to create safer and more inclusive public spaces for women and girls.
The survey closes on December 11 and can be completed through the Get Involved Shoalhaven website.
