The South Australian Government has announced funding of more than $3.7 million for local government to improve public spaces throughout South Australia.

 

Minister for Urban Development, Planning and the City of Adelaide John Rau said the funding through the Open Space and People for Places grants would support 16 projects from Victor Harbor to Wilmington.

 

“These grants are sourced from the Planning and Development Fund to help reinvigorate public spaces such as plazas and town squares, public parks and linear trails,” Mr Rau said.

 

The SA Government has now invested more than $82 million in the past nine years from the Planning and Development Fund to encourage local governments to enhance and develop public space. Funded projects include development of the Adelaide Parklands Trail and new recreation facilities in Bonython Park.

 

Successful projects in the latest round of funding are:

 

  • $100,000 to the Barossa Council for the Regional Open Space, Public Realm and Recreation Strategy
  • $35,000 to the City of Holdfast Bay for the Open Space and Public Realm Strategy
  • $38,000 to the Adelaide Hills Council for the Adelaide Hills Trails Network Strategy and Action Plan
  • $20,000 to the City of Marion for the Local Greenways Strategy: Walking and Cycling (Council-wide)
  • $17,000 to the District Council of Mount Remarkable for the Wilmington Main Street Masterplan Capital works projects
  • $337,300 to the Adelaide City Council for Stage 6b of the Adelaide Park Lands Trail
  • $867,000 to the Adelaide City Council for Stage 6 of the Adelaide Park Lands Trail and the Bonython Park Activity Hub
  • $175,000 to the City of Charles Sturt for Stage 2 of the River Torrens Linear Park Shared Use Path at River Street, Hindmarsh
  • $200,370 to the City of Onkaparinga for Stage 2 of the Sturt River Linear Park Development
  • $464,500 to the City of Salisbury for the Green Trails, Little Para Linear Trail from Burton Road to Port Wakefield Road
  • $500,000 to the City of Holdfast Bay for Tramway Park from Brighton Road to Morphett Road
  • $390,000 to the City of Onkaparinga for Stages 2 and 3 of the Port Noarlunga Foreshore Redevelopment (Coast Park Greenway)
  • $235,000 to the City of Onkaparinga for Stage 2 of the Piazza della Valle
  • $75,000 to the City of Victor Harbor for Stage 3 of the Victor Harbor Heritage Trail
  • $250,000 to the District Council of the Copper Coast for Stage 1, Part 2, of the Wallaroo Foreshore Redevelopment.