Media Release – Perth Streetscape Redevelopment
Posted on March 20, 2025
Improvements include upgrading footpaths, installing more street furniture, landscaping and interpretation signage, and upgrading pedestrian crossings to improve accessibility for everyone. The project significantly enhances Perth's infrastructure and overall appeal, ensuring it remains a vibrant and safe community for residents and visitors.
The Council will remove nine (9) parking spaces from Perth’s main street to implement these improvements. The original concept design proposed removing twenty (20) spaces; however, it was revised following community consultation and feedback. The council have also removed twenty-one (21) trees from the design and has reduced the width of the pedestrian crossings to reduce the impact on parking in the area.
The Perth Streetscape Redevelopment project was first identified in the Council’s Perth Structure Plan, released in March 2017. Two rounds of community consultation were undertaken in 2016 during the development of the Structure Plan, with community feedback suggesting that streetscaping in the Perth township was needed. Further consultation on this project took place in 2021, with an additional opportunity for the community to raise concerns and provide feedback available during the Development Application process in 2023.
In 2022-23, the Council successfully applied for grant funding to construct the project under the Australian Government’s Priority Community Infrastructure Program. Funding was granted in early 2024, with construction of the Perth Streetscape Redevelopment project starting in July 2024.
These works are part of a series of strategic projects being implemented by the Northern Midlands Council. Streetscaping in Perth was prioritised due to the town's growing population, which increased by 35 per cent between 2011 and 2021.
We acknowledge and understand the community's concerns about the loss of parking spaces. However, the Council is confident that these improvements to Perth’s main street will enhance safety, accessibility, and usability for everyone, including pedestrians, cyclists and community members with diverse accessibility needs.
Interested community members can find out more about the strategic projects here:
Strategic Projects - Northern Midlands Council or emailing Council at council@nmc.tas.gov.au
