Questions & Answers Why is Lurline Street being upgraded? Lurline Street links Katoomba Town Centre to Echo Point and the Three Sisters. As such it is the gateway to the Blue Mountains most famous attraction visited by around three million people a year. It is also See more >

Plans, Costs & Funding The 1.6km project from Lurline Street and Waratah Street junction to Forster Road has been scoped in six stages and street blocks with a total cost estimate of $32.2 million. Stage One will be completed with $4,004,275 from the Federal Government Black Summer See more >

A Short History 1868 Blue Mountains Railway from Sydney to Mount Victoria is completed. A quarry at "The Crushers", 3336 feet above sea level, supplies sandstone for the upper mountains rail construction and maintenance. 1870s Coal and kerosene shale mining begin in the Jamison Valley below the See more >

Project Benefits Katoomba will fulfill its potential as the uber-cool vintage town above the clouds – liveable, walkable, arty and spectacular. Beneficiaries include the local people and businesses, visitors, wildlife, national park, water catchment, climate and city council. To be specific, the new tree-lined boulevard will: See more >

Art & Heritage Walk There are many stories hidden in the landscape, gardens, buildings and living memories of Lurline Street. Located on Gundungurra and Darug Country with a human history of at least 22,000 years, the local thoroughfare leads to the most visited Aboriginal sacred site of See more >

Project Outline Treeline Lurline is an infrastructure renewal project of major tree planting with underground power lines and whole-of-precinct refurbishment along Lurline Street. It is a community-driven collaboration of residents, businesses and governments to create a connecting precinct between Katoomba town centre at one end and the See more >