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What is the best thing that Council can do to improve recreation and open space in Willoughby City?
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Comment 1 2 Apr 2009, 7:46 AM
Recently Council upgraded the park on the corner of Hampton Rd and Barton Rd. Prior to the upgrade the park was rarely used and not very pleasant. After the upgrade the park is now nearly always in use by families as a play area for children, and a meeting place. This really shows that the best thing Council can do is to maintain and upkeep recreation and open space for both structured and unstructured activities. It is just a shame Council didn't finish the job by upgrading the area around the park.
Comment 1.1 16 Apr 2009, 7:07 PM
I can't work out how to make my own post, so instead i am replying to yours! One of the best things the council could do to improve recreation and open space in Willoughby City is to install light towers on some of their sporting fields which currently do not have any. There are many fields in Willoughby Council that have a fantastic playing surface, but these are un-available for evening training and sporting league play due to the lack of light towers. The installation of light towers at sporting fields which currently do not have any would significantly reduce the over-loading of current fields, as well as povide opportunities for new sports to develop a presence within Willoughby City.
Comment 2 30 Apr 2009, 9:17 AM
As a monther of 2 children I love using the recreation areas but, and this is a big BUT, can you please start thinking about the allergy and asthma consequences of some of the plants that you use. It's great that in some of your park areas you have used native plants but, for example, many types of wattle can cause terrible asthma which make it very unpleasant to go to the parks. Can you please refer to the asthma NSW website http://www.asthmansw.org.au/assets/265/File/AFNSW_Gardens_Brochure_LRes.pdf for an example of the plants not to use and also there is a lady at Eden Gardens (Karen) who is great at identifying common allergy and asthma plants.