Work starts on $5 million playground in Munno Para next to Stretton Centre development in Playford Alive

WORK has begun in Munno Para on a new $5 million park, complete with a water play area, skate park and amphitheatre.

WORK on a new $5 million park has begun in Munno Para.

The 1.3a park, on the corner of Peachey Rd and The Parkway, will feature two playgrounds, a water fountain children can run through, amphitheatre, skate park and picnic area.

Adelaide company Landscape Construction Services has been hired by the State Government’s land management agency, Renewal SA, to build the park.

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As part of the contract, the company will provide 10 work experience placements and five new jobs.

Five of the participants will be selected to take on the new jobs, which will run for the duration of the works contract.

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Housing and Urban Development Minister John Rau and Napier MP Jon Gee visited the site on Thursday, June 12, to mark the start of construction.

“The Playford Alive town park was designed with the input of the community and will become an asset not just for local residents but for the wider region,” Mr Rau said.

Mr Gee led a sod turning ceremony at the site and said the park would entice visitors from across the northern suburbs.

The park is expected to be completed in early 2015.

It will be built on vacant land owned by the State Government next to the Stretton Centre, which is also under construction.

The $16.6 million centre, to be opened in May, 2015, will provide learning, employment and research services and will house a new library.

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Originally published as Work starts on $5 million playground in Munno Para next to Stretton Centre development in Playford Alive