Imagine your young child being mugged at knifepoint or your grandmother slipping and injuring her head in an unlit park! Sadly that is now all-too possible. Public safety is the number one issue here- people will always be out training at night, so they may as well be illuminated! Lighting improves vision, prevents death/injury and deters crime. There is a clear case for leaving floodlights ON in Ryde! 

https://www.crimeprevention.vic.gov.au/resources/fact-sheet-improving-lighting-to-prevent-crime#:~:text=Improved%20lighting%20can%20be%20an,improve%20surveillance%20and%20deter%20crime 

The floodlights in some sports fields in Ryde were left on during lockdown, allowing people to train at night.

Now lock-down has been lifted, we have been left in the dark :(

Let's rally together, and light up our parks at night! Surely the general public should have access to well-lit public fields at the very least. Especially with everything we have been through this year!

With rising obesity, a sedentary lifestyle and online gaming- the council can help us hop off the couch, and keep us moving! 

Let's keep those floodlights on, until midnight if possible! Access to public facilities  shouldn't go to the highest bidder. Together we can make a difference! Health means wealth, so whether you're a nocturnal jogger or a serious athlete, jump aboard and support the cause!

From locals to migrants, families, the newly unemployed, single parents with young children, the isolated, the elderly, the disabled to time-poor professionals- whoever you are, the pleasure of a nightly stroll in safety around the local field offers much needed reprieve from stress and strain.

Sign our petition today!