LONG-awaited plans to revamp Hunter Street as a cultural, commercial and cosmopolitan city thoroughfare are expected to pass a milestone tomorrow.
A blueprint, revealed exclusively in the Newcastle Herald in June, will go before Newcastle City Council.
If councillors agree, the Hunter Street Revitalisation Masterplan will be exhibited for 28 days.
Consultants Scape Strategy prepared much of the content, which proposes a west end city gateway, a civic cultural precinct, a bustling central shopping area and a cosmopolitan east end.
Urban design, integrated transport, greenways and people and place principles should guide development in the four precincts, the consultants said.
A council report said workshops with the community and key stakeholders would gauge public response.
About $3 million was allocated in this year's council budget for work on Hunter Street.
Civic strategists said implementing the ambitious blueprint would take years to achieve.
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