Wolli Creek national park gains additional 4.7 hectares of land to complete ‘green ribbon’

Minns government fulfils $13m election commitment following long-running community campaign to protect the area

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Almost five hectares of parklands has been added to the Wolli Creek regional national park – “a patch of green ribbon” which runs through dense suburbs in Sydney’s south – in the past year.

The Minns government added the additional 4.7 hectares after a $13m election commitment to complete the park, which borders Wolli Creek and was first promised by the Carr government in 1998.

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