Vibrant Streets Package

The Vibrant Streets Package (the Package) is an over $39 million investment to inject vibrancy into our streets and create thriving local spaces that support businesses, creative sectors, and the community, now and into the future.

Under the Package, councils across NSW will have the opportunity to temporarily close streets to cars for community activities, and trial place management strategies that aim to reduce the cost and complexity of delivering events on streets. 

The Vibrant Streets Package includes two council grant programs:

• Open Streets – A grant program for NSW councils to temporarily close streets and bring them to life for a day, or series of days, with community events and activations. The program aims to transform our streets into vibrant, walkable public spaces for people to enjoy and safely access. Open Streets 2024-25 delivered approximately 130 events in 73 local council areas across NSW. A new round of the Program, Open Streets 2025-28, builds on the success of previous rounds to support more enduring vibrancy in our streets. The Open Streets 2025-28 Program round has closed for applications.
• Permit/Plug/Play Pilot – A program partnering with pilot councils to help reduce the cost and complexity of delivering street-based events through an innovative “local problems, local solutions” model to allow for global pre-approvals for streets as event sites.

Transport for NSW is working collaboratively with delivery partners within the NSW Government and with participating local councils across NSW to trial interventions and deliver street-based activations and events that will deliver the objectives of the program.

Resources for the Great Places Toolkit are being developed for use by anyone including local government, state agencies, industry and the community. These will support planning, managing and creating vibrant public spaces such as our streets.