Katoomba Falls Reserve Upgrade

Concept designs for Katoomba Falls Reserve upgrade to improve safety, amenity and accessibility for residents and visitors.

Concept designs and information detailing the upcoming improvements to Katoomba Falls Reserve are now available for the community to review.

The designs, which incorporate community feedback received in late 2023, help illustrate how Council will deliver grant funded upgrades at the reserve, including:

• An upgraded section of the Katoomba Falls Night Lit Walk, providing high quality signage, track surfaces, handrails and balustrades that meet current standards. In addition, supporting infrastructure such as seating and bubblers, will provide an improved experience for users.
• Pedestrian crossing, intersection and parking adjustments to improve connectivity across Cliff Drive and provide better access to public amenities, the Night Lit Walk, Katoomba Falls Kiosk and Katoomba Falls Tourist Park.
• Traffic calming measures to improve pedestrian safety.
• A new amenities building closer to the Night Lit Walk with greater capacity and accessibility.
• Two new picnic shelters available to general users, which will also provide cover for small groups of school students, who often undertake environmental education at the reserve.
• A new changeroom building to replace and upgrade the existing facilities.
• Improved drainage and lighting for the upper oval to enhance the usability of the oval following periods of wet weather and of an evening.

There are separate concept designs to review at the links below, or from the Document Library on the right of this page.

1. Concept Site Plan
2. Changeroom Building
3. New Shelters
4. New Amenities Building
5. Parking and Pedestrian Crossing
6. Night Lit Walk
7. Eastern Shelter Sign
8. Precedent Images

The concept designs can be reviewed and feedback provided until Friday 25 July 2025.

Please provide feedback using the submission form (also available at the bottom of this page).

Council explored a series of upgrade ideas for the reserve with the community in late 2023, as part of a large-scale, precinct planning process. The new concept designs are the evolution of those discussions and bring together community feedback with expert advice from internal and external stakeholders.

We acknowledge that part of this area of land is located on The Gully Aboriginal Place and Council is engaging in consultation with Traditional Owners.

Upgrade work is expected to commence in November 2025, starting with improvements to the Night Lit Walk. The full upgrade program is scheduled to be completed by mid-2027.

The $4.8 million upgrade of Katoomba Falls Reserve is funded by the NSW Government’s Western Sydney Infrastructure Grant (WSIG) Program in association with Blue Mountains City Council.

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