Urgent - Save Parramatta Park's Trees
Stop the removal of 60 mature trees at Parramatta Park

This coming Tuesday 15 June, a Notice of Motion will be heard by Parramatta Council to Save Parramatta Park's Trees. Please sign & share the Petition.

The new Greater Sydney Parklands, a government agency, is proposing to remove 60 mature trees at the western end of Parramatta Park for the purpose of building a car park and expanding the park's walk/cycleway.  

The works are part of a project previously planned by the Parramatta Park Trust, which is now incorporated into the Western Sydney Parklands Trust under the auspice of the new Greater Sydney Parklands agency.

While there are plans to replace the trees, the removal of trees is particularly distressing for local residents and lovers of Parramatta Park.  Likewise, there is significant concern about the lack of transparency and poor consultation process to date, which relies on an approval given years ago by the Heritage Council.

The removal of the trees will not only impact the park’s vistas and local streetscape, but also the local urban canopy. The works will also require the removal of much-needed open space and increase traffic along local roads. 

Moreover, the introduction of a car park flies in the face of the new Light Rail route that's being built just 350 metres away, which is intended to encourage the use of active and public transport. 

In response, we are urging Parramatta Council to make urgent representations to the new Board of the Greater Sydney Parklands, who are now overseeing the Park, with a view to postponing the works so urgent consultation with the local community can occur.

Please sign & share this important Petition.