A PROPOSAL to develop a $520 000 all-abilities play space at Koondrook will go ahead after Gannawarra Shire Council secured Regional Development Victoria funding.
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Council will receive $390 000 from the Regional Infrastructure Fund for the Koondrook All Abilities Play Space, which will be built on the site of the former Koondrook Memorial Hall.
Council will contribute $130 000 to the play space, which will be completed in the 2020-21 financial year.Chief executive Tom O’Reilly said council was delighted to be supporting this project.
“The need to incorporate all-abilities access and design principles for play space upgrades, as well as pursuing grant opportunities for infrastructure upgrades for all abilities access, were two of the priorities identified in council’s Social Inclusion Strategy 2019-23, adopted by council in early 2019,” he said.Consultation with Koondrook-based community organisations, schoolchildren and other residents began last year, with the project identified as a high priority in council’s Sport and Recreation Strategy, adopted in May 2019.
Feedback received through the consultation process has guided the features within the play space design.“All-abilities play spaces, such as the ones located adjacent to the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne and other metropolitan and regional centres, are popular facilities for residents and visitors to these areas,” Mr O’Reilly said.The Koondrook All Abilities Play Space will be the first of three similar venues to be built in Gannawarra in the first half of this decade.“Council is also excited to announce that following our recent success in securing $1.7 million in state government funding towards the Cohuna CBD and Waterfront Redevelopment, an all-abilities play space will be built within the Cohuna township,” Mr O’Reilly said.
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