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Townsville City Council is committed to providing parks, sporting fields and recreational areas that promote active lifestyles, bring people together and contribute to the wellbeing of our city.
Background
Wordsworth Park is the only park space in the suburb of Woodstock which Council recognises as having the capacity to be developed into a district destination park that serves Woodstock and the surrounding residents.
Community consultations encouraged community members and key stakeholder groups to have their say throughout Apri l2019 regarding the facilities they would like to see within Wordsworth Park .
A survey was conducted, which closed at 5pm, Tuesday 30 April with a total of 81 responses received. Council thanks all participants for providing their input in shaping the parks future.
Key findings that Council received from the survey were:
Provision of electricity to the park
Improving barrier fencing to prevent unauthorised vehicle access
Improve lighting
Upgrade the playground
Improve the parks irrigation.
Community Consultation – Round 2
Council engaged with residents and key user groups of Wordsworth Park on Wednesday 4 December to provide feedback resulting from the survey and advise of the process moving forward.
As a direct result, the Wordsworth Park playground will be upgraded. Council would like the community and users of the park to choose which playground they would like installed by voting for either Playground Option 1 or Playground Option 2.
Council would also like the community to advise which features they believe would enhance the park and user experiences by selecting 3 of the following options:
Upgrade the existing half court to a multi-use court
Additional Shade Structure
Additional BBQ Facilities
Additional Water Bubblers
Footpath to connect car park to playground
Shade planting
Additional seating
Picnic shelters
Wayfinding signage from the highway
Additional comments of possible infrastructure installation/upgrades.
Council will upgrade the irrigation in conjunction with the park upgrade.
Consultation
Residents and key user groups are encouraged to have their say throughout January 2020 about what playground and new embellishments they would like to see established in Wordsworth Park.
Round 2 consultation will close Friday, 31 January 2020.
Townsville City Council is committed to providing parks, sporting fields and recreational areas that promote active lifestyles, bring people together and contribute to the wellbeing of our city.
Background
Wordsworth Park is the only park space in the suburb of Woodstock which Council recognises as having the capacity to be developed into a district destination park that serves Woodstock and the surrounding residents.
Community consultations encouraged community members and key stakeholder groups to have their say throughout Apri l2019 regarding the facilities they would like to see within Wordsworth Park .
A survey was conducted, which closed at 5pm, Tuesday 30 April with a total of 81 responses received. Council thanks all participants for providing their input in shaping the parks future.
Key findings that Council received from the survey were:
Provision of electricity to the park
Improving barrier fencing to prevent unauthorised vehicle access
Improve lighting
Upgrade the playground
Improve the parks irrigation.
Community Consultation – Round 2
Council engaged with residents and key user groups of Wordsworth Park on Wednesday 4 December to provide feedback resulting from the survey and advise of the process moving forward.
As a direct result, the Wordsworth Park playground will be upgraded. Council would like the community and users of the park to choose which playground they would like installed by voting for either Playground Option 1 or Playground Option 2.
Council would also like the community to advise which features they believe would enhance the park and user experiences by selecting 3 of the following options:
Upgrade the existing half court to a multi-use court
Additional Shade Structure
Additional BBQ Facilities
Additional Water Bubblers
Footpath to connect car park to playground
Shade planting
Additional seating
Picnic shelters
Wayfinding signage from the highway
Additional comments of possible infrastructure installation/upgrades.
Council will upgrade the irrigation in conjunction with the park upgrade.
Consultation
Residents and key user groups are encouraged to have their say throughout January 2020 about what playground and new embellishments they would like to see established in Wordsworth Park.
Round 2 consultation will close Friday, 31 January 2020.
Through community consultation conducted in Round 1, Council received feedback that supported the installation of a new playground within the park.
Council invites the community and key user groups to select which playground they would like by clicking on the below survey and voting for either Playground Option 1 or Playground Option 2.
Council would also like the community to select what additional extras they believe would be of benefit and enhance the park and the user experience.
Wordsworth Park Upgrade is currently at this stage
Contributions to this consultation are closed for evaluation and review. The Project team will report back on key outcomes.
Final report
this is an upcoming stage for Wordsworth Park Upgrade
The final outcomes of the consultation are documented here. This may include a summary of all contributions collected as well as recommendations for future action.
