REDLAND CITY BUDGET 20-21
Investing in places to
play & relax Redland City Council will spend more than $31 million enhancing and maintaining the city's naturally wonderful open spaces and creating an exciting new sport and recreation precinct.
IN PLAY: An artist’s impression of the proposed Redlands Coast Regional Sport and Recreation Precinct at Mt Cotton.
The budget investment for 2020-21 builds on a multi-million-dollar program of park and playground upgrades across the city in recent years and follows the acquisition of key strategic land for community use, including the former Commonwealth land at Birkdale, historic Willard’s Farm, the Redlands Coast Regional Sport and Recreation Precinct at Mt Cotton and the former Department of Primary Industries land at Alexandra Hills. It includes $612,000 to progress the Redlands Coast Regional Sport and Recreation Precinct proposal for Heinemann Road, Mt Cotton. The masterplan for the new multi-milliondollar regional sport and recreation precinct has been approved, with the
project implemented in stages to provide exciting new sporting facilities. In a further commitment to supporting sports groups, major renewal projects are also planned for Thorneside’s William Taylor Memorial Sportsfield and Redland Bay’s Charlie Buckler Sportsfield. All up, the budget includes $13.8 million for improving popular community parks and sports fields. There is $1.6 million for the Hanover Drive Park upgrade at Alexandra Hills, $1.3 million for Apex Park at Wellington Point, $1.1 million for Headland Park at Point Lookout and close to another $1 million for the next stage of Thornlands Community Park.
Substantial works have also been either completed or are under way in Raby Esplanade Park and at North Stradbroke Island's Point Lookout Oval. Simply maintaining Redlands Coast's parks – mowing and cleaning to keep them in tip top shape and safe – will take the total investment to $30.2 million in 2020-21, while fire mitigation alone costs almost $2 million. With sports groups particularly hard hit by measures to keep COVID-19 at bay, Council is also continuing to work with those clubs suffering financial hardship to ensure they can continue their services to the community.
