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Final Plan and Construction Update for Spad Street Reserve, Albert Park

Thanks for your patience, Albert Park and Hendon, while we have been busy in the background working to finalise the design and construction details for the new reserve on the corner of Spad Street and Farman Avenue in Albert Park.

Since community consultation and Council endorsement of the site's Community Land Management Plan and the reserve design late March 2023, we have:

  • Run a tender process and awarded a construction contractor;
  • Consulted with Kaurna on the reserve plan;
  • Completed detailed reserve design; and
  • Procured and ordered materials and reserve/play equipment, which takes approximately 12+ weeks lead time to delivery.

A final reserve design, as informed by you during the consultation and fine-tuned since its approval by Council, is now available (see below).

Construction of the reserve has been scheduled to commence next year (late Jan/Feb 2024) and expected completion is by the end June, if not earlier.

In the interim, we will be putting dust suppression measures in place to minimise dust as we head into the warmer months and installing banner mesh around the temporary fence for visual amenity.

Final Plan for Spad Street Reserve, Albert Park

The final reserve plan has no significant changes from the Council-endorsed plan that we shared with you late April 2023. Key things you may notice include the changed entry gate location (based on safety concerns in your feedback), grassed verges and meandering footpaths on Spad Street, large trees moved away from neighbouring property fences, and inclusion of Kaurna-influenced native planting and art. We hope you love the design as much as we do, and we can't wait to see the reserve come to life in early 2024 when construction starts.
Final reserve concept plan for Spad Street Reserve following detailed design
Illustrative design examples for Spad Street Reserve, Albert Park

Community Engagement Results - Draft Reserve Plan

We engaged with the community from Thursday, 19 January 2023 to Friday, 17 February 2023 about the new reserve to be developed on the corner of Spad Street and Farman Avenue, Albert Park. A total of 49 unique feedback form contributions were received (6% participation) in response to the draft concept plan during the engagement period. We also had 33 people in total attend an in-person drop-in session and 10 unique engagements with the online Your Say gather tool activities. Below is a high-level summary of what we heard about the draft reserve design, and the outcomes of community engagement.

For more detailed information, please download the Community Engagement Report available in the Document Library to the left, below. If you're interested in reviewing the decision report being presented to the Council on Monday. 27 March 2023 - including a copy of the proposed final reserve design for endorsement - please follow the link to the left in the box titled 'What Next?'.