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• Swanbourne Oval Rehabilitation - Delays

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  Due to the previous use of the Swanbourne Oval, additional approvals and remediation measures have been required which has meant a delay to the original construction timeframe.
  
  The new perimeter concrete path, cricket pitch, and irrigation is planned to be completed by the end of the calendar year. The oval will remain closed to public for some months while the new turf establishes.

• UPDATE - Swanbourne Oval Rehabilitation

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  Work is progressing steadily with the rehabilitation of Swanbourne Oval with a number of factors relating to the project requiring a staged approach:

  • The completion of earthworks, installation of pathway and cricket pitch will take place end of September/Early October
  • The last few weeks of October will see the installation of the irrigation system
  • Installation of grass through rolls of turf around the pitch, the outfield and surrounds in early November

  It is hoped that the field will be 90% grassed in the new year.

  Further updates, will be posted to this page.

• College Park Pump Track Complete

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  The City has completed its refurbishment and sealing of the College Park Pump Track.
  The fencing will be removed on Friday 18 October 2019, once the sealing is fully hardened.

  Thank you for your patience during this time.

• Montario Quarter recognised as a world leader in sustainability

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  The City has worked closely with Land Corp in developing Montario Quarter and the northern and central parklands are now open!

  Montario Quarter is the perfect place for entertaining, fitness, relaxing, art and fun, and high quality, carefully designed parks and public open spaces will be a key feature as this precinct develops.

  The Green Building Council Australia (GBCA) has recognised Montario Quarter as being among the world's leading sustainable developments, through accreditation as a 6-Star Green Star Community.

  Receiving GBCA's highest precinct sustainability rating, Montario Quarter was acknowledged for key sustainability elements including:

  • More than 25% of the site retained as public open space
  • Water-wise landscaping and re-vegetation of the retained bushland using local native species
  • Early community engagement to identify local values for the retention of key heritage/environmental features
  • Improved building energy and water use performance through sustainable building Design Guidelines
  • Encouraging access to local-sourced fresh food, with requirements on developers to install a community garden as part of the development

  
  

  To view Land Corp's Community, Environment, Heritage and Housing Fact Sheets, visit the document library or visit Land Corp's website for more information on the development.

• Annual Bushland Spraying Program - Update

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  Environmental weeds cause erosion, alter water availability, change soil nutrients, increase the likelihood of bush fires and change the vegetation communities within bushland areas. The annual spraying program is being undertaken by Contractors from July through to October 2019 to control environmental weeds in the following bushland areas:

  • Shenton Bushland
  • Allen Park
  • Hollywood Reserve
  • Birdwood Parade Bushland
  • Point Resolution Bushland
  • Mt Claremont Oval Bushland
  • Mt Claremont Community Centre
  • Swanbourne Estate

  The City will be focusing on the control of bulbous weeds, and annual and perennial grass weeds using the herbicides listed below:

  • Metsulfuron-methyl and 2 2-DPA (Dalapon): used to control bulbous weeds
  • Glyphosate: used in conjunction with metsulfuron-methyl to control bulbous weeds
  • Fusilade: used to control annual and perennial grass weeds.

  Signage will be displayed whilst these works are occurring.

  The City undertakes environmental weed control to improve biodiversity values and to reduce the negative impacts environmental weeds cause to the ecosystems, for example they compete with native plants, thereby reducing the species and diversity for both flora and fauna.

  For further information, please contact Vicki Shannon, the City's Environmental Conservation Coordinator on (08) 9273 3500, or email vshannon@nedlands.wa.gov.au.

• Point Resolution Reserve - River foreshore restoration - Update

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  This project is continuing well. July was a busy month for revegetation work, with the control of invasive weeds and installation of brush walling along the north western boundary. 1200 fringing foreshore local provenance species were installed behind the brush wall in early July. Also 2300 dryland species were planted along high sections in the bush through the reserve.

  The City hosted the School Tree Day with Dalkeith Primary School to plant another 1200 foreshore species on 26 July. Ongoing maintenance and weed control will continue in the coming months.

  For queries, please contact the City's Environmental Conservation department on (08) 9273 3500 or email kokamitsu@nedlands.wa.gov.au. Further updates will be posted on this page.
  

  
  

  

  

  
  

• Swanbourne Dunes - Coastwest Grant - Planting is complete

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  The project was completed with 6,000 coastal seedlings (including tree guards) being planted on the Coastwest project site. Ongoing weed management is also scheduled to continue through Spring and early summer.

  This project is in partnership with the Swanbourne Coastal Alliance and the Western Australian Planning Commission’s Coastwest Program, and will assist the City to reduce erosion, control environmental weeds as well as increase habitat and improve ecological corridors.

• Railway Reserve Greenway - Final stage of greenway corridor extension from Karrakatta to Claremont-Nedlands boundary

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  The City has completed the final stage of a project to expand this existing greenway corridor in the top section of Point Resolution Reserve in accordance with the Point Resolution Masterplan.

  Approximately 7,000 water-wise, locally occurring native shrubs and groundcovers were installed following the installation of fencing and spreading of certified mulch. Ongoing maintenance and weed control will continue in the coming months.

  For queries, please contact the City's Environmental Conservation department on (08) 9273 3500 or email kokamitsu@nedlands.wa.gov.au. Further updates will be posted on this page.

  

  
  

• Charles Court Reserve - Upgrade of Fitness Equipment

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  The City is currently upgrading fitness equipment at Charles Court Reserve.

  The fitness equipment is scheduled to be upgraded in late August, early September 2019. This will include four pieces of equipment, replacement of soft- fall, new edging and instruction signage.

  Signage will be in place to advise the commencement of fitness equipment upgrades.

  Thank you for your patience during this time.

• Railway Reserve Greenway - Project Completed

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  The City recently completed another project to create a green corridor along Nedlands section of the rail reserve. This project revegetated parts of the grass verge areas on the western side and eastern side of the railway line.

  Following the removal of grass weeds and limestone rubble in May, certified mulch and 5700 seedlings were planted in June.

  All planted species of native trees, shrubs and ground covers are waterwise, are of local provenance and naturally occurring in the region.

  We thank you for your patience during this time.