BY OLIVIA DILLON
State Labor says it will help give residents better access to Wickham Park if it wins next month's election.
Newcastle MP Tim Crakanthorp joined Shadow Minister for Transport Jo Haylen, and Great Lifestyle of Wickham spokesperson Lyn Kilby for the announcement this morning.
It says it will see the installation of gates and a path between the park and the end of Holland Street.
Currently blocked-off by a fence, some residents wanting to access the park have to walk over a kilometre.
Jo Haylen, said it's a common sense move.
"It shouldn't be that hard to put in a gate and a fence, so that families and community can come together to walk their dogs and to be active. That's the kind of city we want in the future, and that's what Labor will deliver if we're elected next month," she said.
Lyn Kilby says the area's growing population needs to be catered for.
"The public domain is supposed to set up for pedestrians to have the lifestyle that's been promised by NSW planning and local government planning. At the moment, the planning is not accessible for all the people who have come here and bought all this real estate to make a life."
