A plan to redevelop Wentworth Park into an urban park and sporting complex is ramping up as the City of Sydney Council releases images of what the site could look like if the long-standing greyhound racing track at the site is bulldozed to make way for green space.

Sporting fields, picnic areas and parkland would be created at Wentworth Park as part of a City of Sydney Council plan to transform the 13-hectare site into an urban oasis.

Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore is spearheading the plan to bulldoze the circuit and 3000-seat grandstand, arguing Wentworth Park is “dominated by the greyhound racing track” at the expense of broader community use.

Moore said redevelopment would create much-needed open space to address the anticipated population surge in Pyrmont over the next 20 years unde

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