Kelly Reserve Water Play Space
Announcement
The splash pad at Parkes' brand new water play space will be open from 9am Saturday 5 October 2024!
- Project typeGrant Funded with co-contribution by Evolution Mining Northparkes Operations and Parkes Shire Council
- Contractor nameModuplay Commercial Systems
- Completion Date31 May 2024
Project Update: May 2024
The final works for the water play space are complete.
Project Update: April 2024
The water play space construction works are progressing well and the space is on track for May completion.
The final concrete pour is scheduled for Wednesday 24 April and Council anticipates the splash pad will be finished and commissioned in early May. The remaining works include the installation of furniture, landscaping, sheltering and fencing.
Project Update: March 2024
Construction works at Kelly Reserve are on schedule with the water play space base works progressing. The water place space construction is on track to be completed May 2024.
Project Background
Parkes Shire is set to open a free water play space at Kelly Reserve in Parkes.
Community consultation has identified Kelly Reserve as the most suitable location for a water play space. The new play space will enhance the Kelly Reserve precinct as a social hub and gathering space, providing an entertaining and engaging space for the community and visitors to Parkes.
The play space will be designed using the topography of the Lachlan catchment and the rivers, lakes, dams, weirs, and bores as inspiration. Interpretive signage will tell the story of water and explain the physics and engineering that surround natural and engineered water flow.
Innovation, inclusivity, and accessibility is at the forefront of this project ensuring that people of all ages and abilities can engage in play, with inclusions such as a splash pad, water fountains, wide bridges and trickling streams included.
Works on this project are expected to be completed mid-2024.
This project is proudly funded by the Australian Government’s Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program, the NSW Government’s Places to Play grant program as part of the Open Spaces Program, Evolution Mining Northparkes Operations and Parkes Shire Council.
Further information about the Places to Play Program is available from the NSW Department of Planning and Environment's website at www.dpie.nsw.gov.au/premiers-priorities/great-public-spaces/open-space/open-spaces-program/places-to-play.
Location
Peak Hill Road, Parkes 2870 View Map
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Peak Hill Road ,
Parkes 2870
Peak Hill Road ,
Parkes 2870
Kelly Reserve Water Play Space