City of Sydney announce upgrade of 10 inner city parks
The City of Sydney will get cracking on a program that will provide a safer, more exciting space for families to spend their days in the inner city in early 2020.
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New trees, equipment, bubblers, cubby houses and swings will be added to 10 inner city parks and playgrounds, in a multimillion-dollar program from the City of Sydney.
Parks in Surry Hills, Beaconsfield, Millers Point, Glebe, Alexandria, Ultimo, Newtown, Darlinghurst and Chippendale are in line for upgrades, with construction to start in early 2020.
They include:
- Beaconsfield Park Playground, Beaconsfield — new play equipment including a tower with slides, climbing nets, swings, shop front and seesaw; imaginative and nature play areas; and a refurbished BBQ area
- Cardigan Street Reserve, Glebe — new native plants and turf; and repairs to fences and walls
- Clyne Reserve, Millers Point — new play structure, swing set; and nature play area
- Daniel Dawson Reserve, Alexandria — new play mound with tower; embankment slide, climbing nets, swing and spinner; nature play area and sensory planting; and new picnic tables
- Fig Lane Park Playground, Ultimo — two new play structures for younger and older children including a new double swing; and nature play areas
- Hollis Park Playground, Newtown — new play structure, moving play pieces and slides; climbing ropes; swings; new picnic tables and benches; and ground levelling to improve access
- James Hilder Playground, Surry Hills — new play equipment including a tower with slides, cubby house, climbing nets and swings; balance beams and seesaw; nature play and sensory planting; new paved forecourt; and new fitness station;
- Kings Lane Reserve, Darlinghurst — improvements to safety, views and access
- Palmerston Ave Steps, Glebe — upgraded green space and improvements to access and safety
- Strickland Park and Playground, Chippendale — new play structure and basket swing; nature play area and sensory planting; and picnic area
Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the program was part of a bigger push to revamp 60 green spaces in the area over the next few years.
“Our parks and playgrounds provide safe and accessible open space for local and visiting children to play and explore,” she said.
“We continue to upgrade our existing playgrounds and build new parks and recreation spaces for the growing number of families with children in our city.
“These park upgrades will also add more trees and plants, increase our urban canopy and provide quality open space that people of all ages can enjoy.”
The city has identified new parks and playgrounds to be built at the City Centre Playground in Cook and Phillip Park, Wimbo Park in Surry Hills, and The Drying Green and Gunyama Park in Green Square.
Further rounds of park upgrades will include Shannon Reserve Playground in Surry Hills, Ross Street Playground in Forest Lodge, Crete Reserve Playground in Rosebery, Maybanke Park in Pyrmont.
Les White Reserve in Alexandria, Lawrence Hargrave Reserve in Elizabeth Bay, Ernest Pedersen Playground in Glebe, Womerah Gardens in Darlinghurst and the pathways at Observatory Hill in Millers Point are also in line for funding.
