The South Australian Government has announced $7.6 million in funding to be delivered to the state’s local councils to improve public spaces throughout the state.

 

“These grants build on the tens of millions of dollars provided during the past decade by this Government from the Planning and Development Fund to local councils to beautify and reinvigorate public spaces such as plazas and town squares, public parks and linear trails,” State Planning Minister John Rau said.

 

Successful projects in the latest round of funding are:

  • $1 million to City of Mount Gambier to fund Stage 1 of the Railway Lands Redevelopment
  • $800,000 to the Charles Sturt Council for linking Coast Park between Henley Beach and Semaphore;
  •  $800,000 to City of Marion for the Oaklands Wetland Development
  •  $749,814 to the City of Holdfast Bay for Stage 2 of Tramway Park
  •  $571,000 to the City of Marion for Stage 5 of Tramway Park
  •  $564,211 to the City of Norwood, Payneham and St Peters for St Peters Civic Plaza
  •  $500,000 to the Town of Gawler for the Gawler Periurban Rivers Project
  •  $400,000 to the City of Marion for the Railway Terrace Streetscape – Greenway Demonstration Project
  •  $300,000 to City of Onkaparinga for land acquisitions to support the Sturt River Linear Park
  •  $271,750 to City of Port Adelaide and Enfield for Stage 2 and 3 of the Water Sensitive Urban Design Bio-Retention Demonstration Project and;
  •  $251,143 to District Council of Elliston for the Elliston Sculpture Park and Great Ocean View
  •  $250,000 to the Rural City of Murray Bridge to Revitalise Murray Bridge Town Centre.
  •  $164,478 to District Council of Mount Remarkable for the Port Germein Foreshore
  •  $150,000 to City of Tea Tree Gully for the Dry Creek Linear Park
  • $150,000 to the Adelaide City Council for Stage 7 of Adelaide Parklands Trail
  • $141,000 to City of Port Lincoln for the Port Lincoln Linear Trail
  •  $135,500 to City of Mitcham for land acquisitions to support the Sturt River Linear Park
  •  $100,000 to District Council of Robe to fund the Obelisk Walking Trail at Robe
  •  $40,000 to the City of Onkaparinga for detail design work to support the Sturt River Linear Park
  •  $35,000 to Barossa Council for the Tanunda Urban Design Framework
  •  $32,000 to City of Port Lincoln for the Parnkalla Trail Foreshore Extension
  •  $31,250 to Mid-Murray Council for the Morgan Riverfront Precinct
  •  $30,000 to the Rural City of Murray Bridge for an Open Space Strategy
  •  $30,000 to District Council of Yankalilla for the Yankalilla, Normanville and Carrickalinga Urban Design Framework
  •  $20,000 to the City of Onkaparinga for the Noarlunga Centre Health and Education Precinct Master Plan
  •  $18,000 to District Council of the Copper Coast for the Kadina CBD Revitalisation Urban Design Framework
     $15,000 to the City of West Torrens for the Brickworks Market Precinct Market Plan and;
  •  $15,000 to Renmark Paringa Council for an Open Space and Public Realm Strategy