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Marks Park works start early June

7 June 2019

Following consultation in 2017, Council has started works to make Marks Park more accessible and equitable for everyone to enjoy. Works began in early June and will include:

  • New universal access footpath
  • New stair connection between the park and Mackenzies Point
  • New accessible lookout point
  • New native landscape planting to stabilise the park slopes and prevent erosion
  • New playground upgraded to replace old equipment and expand the play experience.
The new pathway will provide step-free continuous access around the entire perimeter of the park for all members of the community including people with a disability and families with prams.

New swings and slide on a soft-fall surface are features of the new playground.

The access and inclusion upgrades works will also include new access stairs to Mackenzies Point, turf remediation, irrigation improvements, low rise vegetation and steep slope stabilisation.

Feedback received through community and stakeholder consultation over several years informed our plans for the access and inclusion upgrades.

The access and inclusion upgrades are in response to community needs and meet Council’s obligations under Commonwealth and State government disability Inclusion laws.

Works including the pathway will be completed in September ahead of the world-leading Sculpture by the Sea exhibition, 24 October to 10 November 2019.