Pittwater Council | Government is building a new $30 million community health centre at Mona Vale Hospital. This development, one of the best in the region is part of major upgrading and new region-wide health facilities, including the longawaited and world-class Northern Beaches Hospital to open in 2018. Pittwater Council’s Place Management team, of which Paul is a member, is also actively looking for opportunities to improve the area’s transport network, especially around the hospital. Even more, they are looking at a variety of ways to make Mona Vale more accessible and generally more “user friendly.” They see that as the area’s future centre and they want its urban design to reflect that. “We’d like to see opportunities for expanded retail, for expanded business, and for mixed use developments,” Paul explains. “We also want to improve access. We want to make it easier to get around the town centre, and make it easier for people to live and work there.” “Place planning is happening in Mona Vale, and it’s a major project,” he says. State government is also in the process of introducing the ‘B – Line’ (Rapid Bus Transport) from Mona Vale, which will enable people
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