Mayor Sarah Carter at Rogers Reserve in Maidstone. 70841 Picture: DAMJAN JANEVSKI
By Charlene Gatt
A $440,000 cash injection will give 13 parks and reserves across the City of Maribyrnong a much-needed facelift.
Maribyrnong City Council will spend between $10,000 and $50,000 at each reserve fixing up plants, putting up fencing and replacing furniture to enhance the safety, security and amenity of each location.
The council will also spend $150,000 adding signage to sport grounds, so that sporting clubs can advertise their home grounds and contact details.
Ash Reserve, Bell St Reserve, Bellairs Reserve, Burton Reserve, Cambridge Reserve, Costello Reserve, Harris Reserve, Hyde St Reserve, McNabb Reserve, Munroe Square, Rogers Reserve, Ruby Square and Swaby Square were selected for the works from ratepayer feedback.
The council has not detailed when the works will be carried out.
The works are in addition to the $1.19 million allocated to parks and recreation upgrades in the council’s 2011-12 budget.
Mayor Sarah Carter was thrilled with the planned works, saying the funding provided small changes that would make vast improvements to existing parks and reserves in the municipality.
“This is the stuff that means something to people, it’s so important,” Cr Carter said.
Fellow councillor Michael Clarke added: “This $440,000 gives us far greater return than what the dollar value represents.”
