HUNDREDS of people converged on Griffith Park, Stockton, on Sunday, as the City of Newcastle turned on a carnival atmosphere to mark the official opening of its recently completed $5 million upgrade of the suburb's retail area.
Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes and other councillors took part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony before departing to nearby Stockton RSL for an ALP local government committee meeting.
As the Newcastle Herald reported last month, the council program of footpath, guttering and road resurfacing has given Mitchell Street a facelift that has also paid homage to the suburb's past, through signage developed in collaboration with Stockton Historical Society.
The widened footpaths, new trees and traffic calming speed bumps cost a small number of parking spaces, but with the street-work disruption now over, the general response on Sunday was a thumbs-up.
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