Parks and Reserves Works

The City aims to provide and maintain high quality facilities for the local and wider community that support amenity, sport, recreation and biodiversity outcomes. 

The City’s parks and reserves are being progressively hydro-zoned and eco-zoned to conserve water. The City is provided an allocation by the Department of Water and has to operate within that allocation while still maintaining parks and reserves for the community to use and enjoy. 

Hydro-zoning is the practice of grouping types of vegetation into categories with similar water requirements to enable more efficient and responsible use of irrigation water. When designing and managing POS, the different water needs of turf, lawns, trees and low water-use plants are taken into account. Eco-zoning is the conversion of existing turfed areas into native garden areas. Ultimately this allows for minimal water to support an area that once sustained turf, saving large volumes of water.

The City also facilitates effective management of the Swan and Canning River foreshores and improves the amenity value and sustainable uses of all our public open spaces and foreshores. 

Current parks and reserves works 

News Listings

February 2019
NeailMcDougal

A sustainable solution for Neil McDougall Lake

News Update 26 February 2019

The City has embarked on a project to provide a long-term, sustainable solution to manage Lemna minor, a non-harmful aquatic plant species in Neil McDougall Lake in Como.

Parks and Reserve works
ConnectSouth

Connect South construction works: 25 February-11 March 2019

News Update 25 February 2019

Connect South works commencing Monday 25 February.

Building works Connect South Maintenance Works Parks and Reserve works Road Works SPSP Traffic
MendsStreetConnectSouth

Connect South construction works: 18-24 February

News Update 15 February 2019

Connect South works commencing Monday 18 February.

Building works Connect South Maintenance Works Parks and Reserve works Road Works SPSP Traffic
OlivesReserve

Olives Reserve update

News Update 4 February 2019

Works are expected to commence early May 2019 and will span over a 16 week period.

Parks and Reserve works
January 2019
SJMPexerciseequipment

New exercise equipment for Sir James Mitchell Park

News Update 17 January 2019

The City will install new exercise equipment amongst the existing shade trees, near the eastern end of the South Perth Esplanade in Sir James Mitchell Park, South Perth.

Parks and Reserve works

Scheduled capital works

Parks and reserves capital work projects for the 2022/23 financial year are listed below.

View the Capital Works map for the 2022/23 financial year.

  • Axford Barker Reserve playground replacement, Como
  • Park Furniture Replacement Program, City-wide
  • Isabella/Craigie Reserve playground replacement, Manning
  • Parks - Irrigation Replacement Program, City-wide
  • Waterford Triangle laneway, Waterford
  • McDougall Park Lake WSUD, Como
  • Bill Grayden Reserve playground replacement, Como
  • Hurlingham Playground replacement, South Perth
  • Coolidge Reserve upgrade, Como
  • Godwin Avenue sump retrofit, Manning
  • Cricket facilities upgrade
  • Richardson Park cricket practice nets replacement, South Perth
  • Hensman Park court resurfacing, South Perth
  • South Perth Foreshore river wall
  • Mindeerup tactile surface indicators, South Perth
  • Osprey nesting pole, South Perth Foreshore
  • James Miller Oval floodlighting, Manning
  • Bill Grayden Reserve floodlighting, Como.