Hills Shire Council seems ahead to listening to any group suggestions on the Smart Places Strategic Framework, a plan to smoothen the implementation of ‘smart’ technologies in The Hills.
The draft offers a long-term strategy to encourage innovation, tackle city challenges, appeal to funding and improve the overall liveability of the area.
The Council says Smart Places presents an observable impact to residents as it eases day-to-day features with using various applied sciences and knowledge.
The draft Smart Places Strategic Framework presents six Smart Place themes to guide The Hills’ transformation into a “Smart Place.” These embody Movement, Placemaking and Liveability, Economy, Sustainability and Resilience, Digital Inclusion, and Governance.
A vital chunk of the stakeholder investment shall be directed on “high development locations and locations” with the best density of residents, workers, and visitors and large-scale redevelopment and transformation such as Strategic Centres: Norwest, Rouse Hill, and Castle Hill.
https://hillstohawkesbury.com.au/smart-places-strategic-framework-feedback/ with the Council’s Precinct Plans for the three Strategic Centres and the Council’s Economic Growth Plan.
Council defines “Smart Places” as areas where know-how, knowledge, and innovation are used to increase the efficiency of everyday processes and remedy varied challenges, thereby promoting a better standard of living for its residents.
Existing technologies and systems are presently in place, which the draft Smart Place Strategic framework intends to build on for the continual and future implementation of these applied sciences. These present technologies embody:
Flood warning techniques on some bridges
Remote entry to Council sporting facilities
Solar panels on the Council’s Administration Building
Electric car charging stations at the Waves Fitness and Aquatic Centre
Water stage sensors in some dams
Free public Wi-Fi in major retail centres
Facilitating the submission of varieties, payments and applications online
Increased utilisation of QR Codes
The public exhibition of the Framework opened for the basic public on thirteen November 2023 and can remain as such till Monday, 11 December 2023, at 5:00 PM. Feedback can be sent to the Council’s Have Your Say online part right here.
To see a summary and a downloadable copy of the Draft Smart Places Strategic Framework, visit here.
After the exhibition, the Council could have its Post-Exhibition in its timeline in early 2024, and shall be finalised between early to mid-2024.
Mayor of The Hills Shire, Dr Peter Gangemi, mentioned the draft proves the Council’s assist for promoting innovation and stimulating economic benefits.
“Becoming a Smart Place is the finest way of the longer term,” Mayor Gangemi stated.
“This Framework provides a basis for contemplating how applied sciences could be responsibly included into our public areas to boost them and make these spaces even higher.
“We are encouraging innovation through know-how that can be utilized to increase resilience and security during natural disasters while encouraging the uptake of energy-efficient applied sciences to help our local surroundings thrive.
“The draft Framework also explores how technologies can better help the local economy, making industrial areas more attractive for companies to set up shop here.
