PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE

We manage around $1.7 billion in infrastructure assets. This includes roads, footpaths and cycleways, drainage, bridges and major culverts, buildings, aquatic facilities, recreational assets, land, works depots, plant and equipment.

The city is located within a major growth corridor of the Greater Newcastle Metropolitan region, which identifies significant current and future housing and industrial/ commercial growth. This growth impacts on the use of current assets and the creation of new assets against community needs and expectations.

In 2022-23 we reviewed our 10 year Asset Management Policy, strategy and the Asset Management Plans for our different types of assets. This ensures we provide community infrastructure at an agreed level of service and in a financially sustainable way, as guided by Maitland +10. The process of asset management planning considers assets that are critical for growth, and the cost of building, maintaining and replacing these, including resources, timeframes and capabilities.

The delivery of infrastructure is supported by an annual program of capital works contributions made by developers, which can be funds or physical infrastructure grant funding and loans.

Over the past 10 years our asset management approach has been focused on maintaining and incrementally improving assets over time, while providing key major infrastructure improvements via grant funding, developer contributions and loan borrowing. To achieve this, we have been highly successful in securing grant funding which has enabled the delivery of projects such as The Levee, the Maitland Regional Sports Complex, major road upgrades, playground improvements and shared pathway extensions. All of these projects would otherwise have required alternate funding and would have taken much longer to achieve.

As we grow, our five current Development Contribution Plans have identified over $350 million in infrastructure required by new residents, ranging from roads, drainage and shared pathways to sports facilities, parks and playgrounds. These plans are a legislated requirement for developers to contribute to the infrastructure that supports growth. It is important to note that contributions are received over extended periods of time as land is released for development. Details of works funded by developer contributions can be found on our website.

In addition, we use loan funding as a fundamental source of capital revenue to fund appropriate infrastructure renewals and where necessary, match grant funding. This allows those who will benefit from new facilities over the life of the asset to share in meeting the cost of providing those facilities.

Major Projects Over The Term

Maitland Regional Sports Complex Stage 4

Harold Gregson Park

Maitland Regional Art Gallery facade, roof, underground power

Morpeth to Walka Water Works shared pathway stages

Community Centres Tenambit, Chisholm Chisholm and Lochinvar sportsgrounds planning

Administration building adaptive reuse

Thornton intersections and road upgrades

Melville Ford Bridge replacement

Maitland Gaol redevelopment

Walka Water Works redevelopment

Mount Vincent Waste Transfer and Recycling Facility

Former Anambah landfill

Walka Water Works remediation action plan

Roy Jordan Oval skate park and play space

Pothole Repair Program