What the council is working on
Recent deliveries, what's underway now, and what's planned next — drawn from the council's own plans, budgets and project pages. We report what the council has publicly said it's doing; every item links to its source.
The council's stated direction
The City of Ryde's direction is set out in its Community Strategic Plan ('Ryde to 2035') and a Delivery Program 2025–2029 with an annual Operational Plan and budget, shaped heavily by growth in the Macquarie Park corridor.
The council manages local roads, waste, libraries, parks and planning across a compact, largely built-out northern Sydney LGA anchored by the Macquarie Park business/tech precinct and Macquarie University. Its Delivery Program is the elected council's statement of commitment for its term.
The Delivery Program funds the council's annual capital works program alongside a Section 7.12 local-infrastructure Contributions Plan for Macquarie Park, adopted in April 2025 to help fund infrastructure as the corridor grows.
Underway now
Macquarie Park Corridor growth & Section 7.12 Contributions Plan
Contributions Plan adopted Apr 2025; corridor rezoning finalised Nov 2024Following the NSW Government's Macquarie Park Corridor rezoning (finalised November 2024, providing for thousands of new homes and jobs), the council adopted a Section 7.12 local-infrastructure Contributions Plan in April 2025 to help fund infrastructure as the precinct grows.
Source: City of Ryde — Have Your Say: Macquarie Park Contributions Plan
Council headquarters relocation to Macquarie Park
Move weekend 17–19 Apr 2026; operational from 20 Apr 2026The council's administrative headquarters is relocating from 3 Richardson Place, North Ryde to 118 Talavera Road, Macquarie Park. The customer service counter at 1 Pope Street, Ryde is unaffected.
Planned / committed
Ryde to 2035 Community Strategic Plan
to 2035The council's top-level Community Strategic Plan setting long-term goals for growth, environment and community wellbeing across the LGA.