Upper Lachlan Shire Council released a survey to community members who then had ten days to give feedback on the preliminary designs and draft report.

However, council will accept written community feedback on the Streetscape Project, until September 24. 

"We encourage residents and business owners to look at the plans for the main street; online, at Arcadia, council's office or Crookwell library.  You have until Monday to submit your ideas of how ratepayers' money should be spent on the Streetscape Project,” said David Johnson president of the Crookwell Progress Association.

All submissions from the community and other stakeholders, including survey responses, will then be considered by council’s Project Control Group.

Fresh Landscape Designs will use the information, and council recommendations, to prepare detailed engineering designs. 

The community has been consulted by council to prioritise works in the 12 towns and villages of the Streetscape Project; Bigga, Binda, Breadlbane, Collector, Crookwell, Dalton, Grabben Gullen, Gunning, Jerrawa, Laggan, Taralga, Tuena. 

ULSC Mayor Brian McCormack OAM, said last week,the preliminary designs and draft report used consistent themes from the Upper Lachlan Shire Council Streetscape Themes Guide, developed in stage one of the project.

Recurring themes across the 12 villages and towns outlined in the draft report, included; the need for traffic slowing in the town centres, refreshing village entry signs, pedestrian crossings, visitor information, signs and amenities, and landscaping.

The survey asked community members to prioritise works without worrying about the cost. 

A preliminary costing was provided separately to council to assist with budget management and selection of works to be designed in detail for construction, planning for staging the construction and applying for grant funding.

Feedback may be submitted in writing to General Manager John Bell, or delivered to ULS council’s offices.

Works will then be planned based on the assessment of the community’s needs and expectations and the priorities summary will be released, it is expected the the revised design draft will be completed in November.