Park Upgrades

Current Projects

Council is currently undertaking a range of parks improvements under our 2011/12 capital works program including:

Completed Projects (2010/11)

Barton Park Amenities Building Extension, North Parramatta

First floor addition to the existing amenities building was designed to provide an observation and meeting room and free up storage space on the ground floor.

Barton Park Amenities Extension


Horlyck Reserve Sporting Field Upgrade, South Granville

Extensive improvements including, demolition of the existing amenities building located off Boronia Street, reconstruction and enlargement of two existing undersized soccer fields to two full size playing fields, installation of irrigation, an upgrade of existing lighting, construction of a concrete synthetic grass covered cricket pitch and complete re-surfacing of both playing fields with couch turf.


Jubilee Park Upgrade, Parramatta

pdf Construction of a corporate-style park including pedestrian lighting, sandstone seating walls, landscape planting, pathways, tree planting and uplighting, high quality seating, bins, bollards, benches and drinking fountain.


Leamington Road Reserve Playground Upgrade, Telopea

pdf Improvement works included the new nautical themed play equipment, swings, seating, synthetic turf softfall and sandstone terracing.


Loftus Square Playground Upgrade, Epping

pdf Upgrade works included new junior play equipment (swings, see-saw, boat, slide tower), synthetic turf softfall and turfing.


Otto Losco Playground Upgrade, Northmead

pdf Upgrade works included new play equipment (including two seater swing, timber maze, bucket swing, play structure including climbing wall and slide), synthetic turf softfall, new park furniture (seats, picnic table and fire proof bin

enclosure); sandstone artworks (native water dragon), native vegetation and tree planting for shade, natural-themed perimeter fencing.


Upjohn Park Playground Upgrade, Rydalmere

pdf Upgrade works included new themed play equipment (including ‘wave-rider’, rubber crocodile, balance beam, slide, monkey bars, rock-climb, firemans pole, spider net, Gyrospiral, 3-person swing), additional seating, synthetic turf softfall, native vegetation and tree planting for shade, childrens bike track with traffic signage.


Playground Shade Tree Planting

Council has recently undertaken tree planting to improve shade provision at the following 12 playgrounds:

  • Ambrose Hallen Park, Toongabbie
  • Barton Park, North Parramatta
  • harles Herbert Reserve, Northmead
  • Coronation Park, Merrylands
  • Darcy Road Reserve, Westmead
  • Eric Primrose Reserve, Rydalmere
  • Excelsior St Reserve, Merrylands
  • Fifth St Reserve, Granville
  • Homelands Reserve, Telopea
  • James Hoskin Reserve, Carlingford
  • Jenkins St Reserve, Dundas
  • Roy Godfrey Reserve, Granville
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