Hills Shire Council seems ahead to listening to any community feedback on the Smart Places Strategic Framework, a plan to smoothen the implementation of ‘smart’ technologies in The Hills.
The draft provides a long-term technique to encourage innovation, sort out urban challenges, attract funding and enhance the general liveability of the region.
The Council says Smart Places offers an observable impact to residents because it eases day-to-day functions with using varied technologies and data.
The draft Smart Places Strategic Framework presents six Smart Place themes to guide The Hills’ transformation into a “Smart Place.” These embrace Movement, Placemaking and Liveability, Economy, Sustainability and Resilience, Digital Inclusion, and Governance.
A significant chunk of the stakeholder funding will be directed on “high development locations and locations” with the best density of residents, employees, and visitors and large-scale redevelopment and transformation similar to Strategic Centres: Norwest, Rouse Hill, and Castle Hill.
The draft framework additionally aligns 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, data, and innovation are used to extend the efficiency of on an everyday basis processes and remedy numerous challenges, thereby promoting a better standard of living for its residents.
Existing technologies and systems are currently in place, which the draft Smart Place Strategic framework intends to build on for the continuous and future implementation of those technologies. These current technologies include:
Flood warning techniques on some bridges
Remote access to Council sporting amenities
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 main retail centres
Facilitating the submission of varieties, payments and purposes online
Increased utilisation of QR Codes
The public exhibition of the Framework opened for the basic public on 13 November 2023 and can stay as such till Monday, 11 December 2023, at 5:00 PM. Feedback could be sent to the Council’s Have Your Say on-line part here.
To see a summary and a downloadable copy of the Draft Smart Places Strategic Framework, go to right here.
After the exhibition, the Council could have its Post-Exhibition in its timeline in early 2024, and might be finalised between early to mid-2024.
Mayor of The Hills Shire, Dr Peter Gangemi, talked about the draft proves the Council’s support for promoting innovation and stimulating financial advantages.
https://hillstohawkesbury.com.au/smart-places-strategic-framework-feedback/ Becoming a Smart Place is the finest way of the longer term,” Mayor Gangemi said.
“This Framework offers a foundation for considering how applied sciences could be responsibly included into our public areas to boost them and make these spaces even better.
“We are encouraging innovation through technology that can be utilized to increase resilience and safety throughout pure disasters while encouraging the uptake of energy-efficient applied sciences to assist our native surroundings thrive.
“The draft Framework additionally explores how technologies can higher help the local economic system, making commercial areas more engaging for companies to arrange shop right here.