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This consultation is now completed.
Project update summary (December 2022)
The Super Playground is now open, ready for play! Thank you to our Community who played a big part in this playground becomming a reality.
Background
Thorndon Park is recognised as a key regional park, providing a destination for Residents, Ratepayers and visitors to the Council area to enjoy active and passive recreation facilities. Following two stages of Community consultation, at its meeting on 15 December 2020, Council agreed to:
adopt the Thorndon Park Super Playground Concept Plan with additional shade provided wherever possible
endorse the Thorndon Park Super Playground as one of the candidate projects for the Local Government Infrastructure Partnership Grant funding opportunity
subject to receiving matching funding Council allocates a net budget of $1.25 million at the time of formulating the draft 2021/2022 Annual Business Plan and Budget.
The Stage 1 consultation for this project engaged 477 community members, including school students, users of Thorndon Park and those local to the area. There was also a high level of support for the super playground with 83% of Respondents saying they would use the new facilities if they were developed.
In Stage 2 of the Community Consultation we updated the Concept Plan, taking into consideration community feedback received during the Stage 1. The revised Concept Plan incorporates a Children’s Playground, Water Play area and Teenage Recreation area which were all well supported in the Stage 1 Consultation, but also further focused on accessibility and inclusiveness, the location of the water play area, a larger vegetation buffer & custom shade structures.
This consultation is now completed.
Project update summary (December 2022)
The Super Playground is now open, ready for play! Thank you to our Community who played a big part in this playground becomming a reality.
Background
Thorndon Park is recognised as a key regional park, providing a destination for Residents, Ratepayers and visitors to the Council area to enjoy active and passive recreation facilities. Following two stages of Community consultation, at its meeting on 15 December 2020, Council agreed to:
adopt the Thorndon Park Super Playground Concept Plan with additional shade provided wherever possible
endorse the Thorndon Park Super Playground as one of the candidate projects for the Local Government Infrastructure Partnership Grant funding opportunity
subject to receiving matching funding Council allocates a net budget of $1.25 million at the time of formulating the draft 2021/2022 Annual Business Plan and Budget.
The Stage 1 consultation for this project engaged 477 community members, including school students, users of Thorndon Park and those local to the area. There was also a high level of support for the super playground with 83% of Respondents saying they would use the new facilities if they were developed.
In Stage 2 of the Community Consultation we updated the Concept Plan, taking into consideration community feedback received during the Stage 1. The revised Concept Plan incorporates a Children’s Playground, Water Play area and Teenage Recreation area which were all well supported in the Stage 1 Consultation, but also further focused on accessibility and inclusiveness, the location of the water play area, a larger vegetation buffer & custom shade structures.
