The bulk of a $2.5 million expenditure program for heritage preservation, maintenance and promotion will be undertaken in 2010.

“We are doing everything we can in our role as custodian of the Park to ensure the buildings, machinery and the social influence of this park over time are remembered long into the future,” ATP Management Managing Director Roy Wakelin-King said.

The major feature will be the upgrade of Innovation Plaza (between the Locomotive Workshops and the National Innovation Centre) to feature both pivot and steam cranes. 

Other work includes the re-flooring of Bays 1 and 2 of the Locomotive Workshops and the display of heritage items in these bays, façade building works, structural repairs and the painting of items. Work completed includes the Pump Room refurbishment and the painting of the Water Tower.

In the background ATP Management is working with heritage consultants Godden Mackay Logan to develop a new Conservation Management Plan. 

A consultation meeting for this new Plan was held in November 2009 and was attended by community, heritage and local business representatives.

The section 170 register and the Heritage Asset Management Strategy, required under law, have also been placed on ATP Management’s website. ATP Management is also actively engaged with the Redfern Waterloo Heritage Taskforce process.

ATM Management will shortly be seeking expressions of interest to establish an ATP Volunteer Group to be directly engaged with the preservation and promotion of heritage at the Park. 

Further information about the Volunteer Group and heritage activity will be announced when details have been confirmed.