"For safety reasons, it will be necessary to close off public access to sections of the park as works progress. Some disruption for the public is unavoidable. However we will do our best to minimise that and, wherever possible, will provide alternative passageways around the works site."
The works are expected to be substantially completed within 12 weeks. The estimated cost of the overall flood protection upgrade project, including works in the Matarawa Stream immediately above Anzac Parade, for which tenders are yet to be called, is $1,020,000.
The works will be undertaken within three separate zones, with works to be substantially completed in each before the next begins.
The first zone comprises the arboretum extending from Georgetti Rd to the Matarawa Stream. Works activity will then shift to the area between Dublin St and Helmore St, while the final zone comprises the area adjoining the children's playground.