Where do rates go?

Your rates contribute to the building of new facilities, improving infrastructure and protecting the environment in Blacktown City through:

  • waste collection, recycling and street cleaning

  • local roads, guttering, signage and drainage maintenance

  • cycleways, pools, skate parks and tennis courts

  • parks, playgrounds, gardens, sports fields and nature reserves

  • libraries, childcare centres, range of community services for the elderly and youth, and neighbourhood safety projects

  • community festivals, arts and culture, heritage and the visitor information centre

  • town planning, landscaping, development applications, building inspections and construction certificates.

In your 2019/2020 every $100 of rates and charges that Blacktown City received went to deliver the below facilities, programs and services:

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