Cr Kathy Duff - Parks Portfolio Report - 15 February 2017

Kingaroy

The Haly Street traffic island gardens have been completed along with the mowing of all parks and road verges. Customer requests are all up to date and the staff were very busy with the preparations and set-up of Food & Wine in the Park (Memorial Park).

Murgon & Wondai

Murgon annual flower beds have been removed due to water restrictions and will not be re-planted until restrictions have been lifted. All the mowing and weed eating is up to date as well as the customer requests. Hedges at Wondai Showgrounds and Murgon CBD have been pruned.

Nanango

With the current and proposed water restrictions the garden beds in Drayton Street Nanango at the lights will be prepped and left bare until water restrictions are lifted in the future.

Proston

Staff have been busy preparing the Town & Showgrounds for the Proston Show. General gardening, weed eating and fertilising has been completed and staff have made repairs to the irrigation systems.

Dams

General mowing and maintenance are now up to date and staff were busy with the preparations and cleanup of the Boondooma Fishing Competition. Boondooma Dam suffered some vandalism and theft from the camp kitchens, the police have been notified and the stolen items are currently being replaced.

Work has commenced on the refurbishment of the toilet block at BP Dam Pool Area, hedges have been pruned and repairs have been made to irrigation systems.

Capital Works

• New Toilet Block at Memerambi Rail Trail – Nearly completed
• The installation of the new playground equipment at the Murgon Skate Park has now been completed and the soft fall  has also been laid - there were over a dozen kids playing on the new equipment within the weekend of completion
  • Path yet to be completed
• Memorial Park Garden Edges – Completed
  • New Pathway Poured and Completed
  • Apex Park New Playground Area – Started
  • Site has been levelled and waiting for contractors to commence work

Rail Trail

Work on the rail trail has commenced again and completion time will be very much dependant on the weather.