Giovanni nicitaJerabomberra, Australia
Feb 21, 2024

This suggestion is currently on underutilised land: 

PROS:

  • Central
  • Land is not currently used for any worthwhile purpose
  • Close to schools (an asset in a previous QPRC assessment and a preference of the JPS principal)
  • On existing pathways (a desired aspect in the JRA submission)
  • Established parking areas
  • Established BBQ facility
  • Established picnic tables
  • Existing water bubbler
  • Existing rubbish bins
  • Disabled access
  • Toilets that could be made properly available
  • Highly visible from the street (a requirement in the Request for Tender relating to the pump track construction)
  • Sufficiently away from houses
  • Considerable pedestrian traffic for passive surveillance
  • Not on or adjacent to a major or heavily trafficked road
  • Bayside Court is a quiet street with an existing school hours speed limit that could potentially be extended.
  • Reasonable proximity to a playground in Coral Drive.
  • Proximity to the skate facility
  • No wildlife impact
  • Safety, not near a body of water – i.e. creek or a dam.
  • No requirement for children to walk/cycle around an unfenced lake, as is effectively advocated by supporters of the Jerrabomberra Creek Reserve site, whilst transiting from the schools to the pump track and vice-versa.
  • Natural congregation point for children pre-and-post school hours.
  • Increased utilisation on weekends when sports activities are occurring – i.e. by attendant siblings not actively playing in organised sport.

CONS:

  • No shade over the existing BBQ area however the council plans for elsewhere included provision of appropriate shade structures and is costed.
  • If site width is considered insufficient, the potential exists to relocate the (unused) baseball net from the southwest corner of the playing field to the southeast corner of the playing field or remove it completely.
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