Pleasant People Want a Park - Melville City Herald, Volume 21 No 35, August 28 2010
More than 200 Mount Pleasant locals want an old water treatment station transformed into a park.
They turned up on-site last week to make their feelings known, saying preservation of open space is even more important given the council's enthusiasm for it's high-density Canning Bridge Precinct plan.
Rhonda Kerr says the recently demolished Water Corporation plant in Clive Street frees up 3200sqm. Turning it into a park would require the council to purchase the multi-million dollar site.
"Whilst the state standard for public open space is 10% of the area, Mount Pleasant has only five per cent - and that includes the car park at the rowing clubs," Ms Kerr said.
The council's own policy states locals should be no further than 400m from public open space, but many Mt Pleasant residents are 800m or more away from the nearest green space.
"The proposed park is close to the Canning Bridge Precinct [which] projects a massive increase in density and population, 1000 per cent increase in the number of workers and 234 per cent increase in the number of residents," she says.
Stoke Street's Graham James says families need access to safe parks where children can play.
"This area, bordered by Clive Street, Baldwin Avenue and Ogilvie Road, is perfect for a park as it is close by but on quiet local streets." "Melville has some great parks, including those at Heathcote, Deep Water Point and Point Walter, and these parks are heavily used by the community. More parks are needed to cope with the increased numbers of people in the area."
Ms Kerr has whipped up 230 signatures on a petition to hand to the council next week.
Council CEO Shayne Silcox says the land is not city-owned and "hypothetically the owners may decide to develop the land for residential purposes."
Water Corp flak catcher Clare Lugar says the station was only recently decommissioned and it's too early to say what might happen.
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