A new sporting pavilion, covered tennis and netball courts and improvement’s for walking and cycling are some of the potential changes proposed for Yarra Junction Recreation Reserve, in Council’s latest Draft Master Plan.
The Draft Master Plan has been developed using direct feedback from user groups of the recreation reserve and feedback from the local community, and proposes several potential improvements for the coming 10 years.
This includes surface and lighting improvements for the oval, an alternate training and playing venue for the football and cricket clubs’ increasing activities, and collocating all sports into a single improved sporting and community building to include additional female change facilities.
Other potential improvements include the redevelopment of tennis courts, an additional youth social recreation infrastructure, converting unused bowls green into a community plaza, improve access to the Little Yarra River for active recreation and more.
O’Shannassy Ward Councillor, Jim Child, said the Draft Master Plan had been created with feedback from reserve users, to help solve short and long-term issues at the reserve.
“With the town growing and a surge in growth with our local sporting clubs – including women’s Australian Rules teams – the ageing facilities at the reserve just don’t meet the current demands of the community, let alone the demands that will come up in the future,” Cr Child said.
“This Master Plan will help us to map out and deliver improvements to meet those needs and ensure the reserve has spaces for the entire community.
“We’ve heard from tennis players, netballers, footballers, Yarra Centre users, clubs and casual reserve users about what’s important to them when they think about the reserve’s future and where they think the current facilities are falling short.
“That feedback has been used directly to create this Draft Master Plan and now we’re hoping that the community will take a look at the draft and let us know what they think.”
The Yarra Junction Recreation Reserve Master Plan is part of the Live.Move.Yarra Ranges initiative.
The Live.Move.Yarra Ranges initiative aims to assist and enable our community to take part in a series of priority projects, initiatives and programs over the coming years to make it easier for you to be part of a healthier, happier and more active community.
Council identified a goal of ensuring people in the Yarra Ranges are physically active in its Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2017-2021 and believes this project directly aligns with that goal.
For more information or to take the survey, visit https://bit.ly/2Kx9C3l.
