Glenorchy City Council area benefits from new community infrastructure

Thursday, 10 December 2009

The community of Glenorchy in Hobart, Tasmania, is enjoying several new additions to local infrastructure as a result of funding provided under the Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program (RLCIP).

As part of this funding, the popular Tolosa Park has been upgraded to include three new electric barbeques, replacing the older wood fires, providing safer facilities for users of the park and requiring less maintenance.

The new barbeques are a welcome addition and had been part of the Council’s plan for some time, as Mr Andrew Lawrence, Roads and Recreation Manger, Glenorchy City Council explained.

“We had previously tried to get the money approved through the budget, and we started to talk about the amount of money to supply to all of them and it was just too much,” said Mr Lawrence.

A landscaped area celebrating multiculturalism within the local community has also been established in Tolosa Park, complete with a sculpture wall garden interpretation panel by a local artist. Once complete, the area will also include seating within the gardens, and is designed to create a meeting place for community celebration and reflection.

Katoomba Crescent Reserve in Montrose has also benefited from the funding injection with new fencing, landscaping, and additional seating put in place.

In addition, the existing Glenorchy City Skate Park has been redesigned and refurbished with the construction of a new concrete bowl, together with other new skate boarding features, increasing the size of the facility.

Another welcome addition for Glenorchy is a new stormwater little trap purchased and installed in Barossa Creek, to assist in trapping litter and rubbish collected in the waterway.

“Pollution has been a problem here,” said Mr Lawrence.

“This system successfully catches the rubbish as it goes in, and stops it going back out.”

These new additions are part of 10 projects carried out in Glenorchy City Council using RLCIP funding of $521,000. Other projects include new shade structures for local childcare centres, cycleway amenities, and new mountain bike trails at Wellington Park.

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