park/facility · 2 meetings
Cooper Park Amphitheatre
Mentions
- Preferred location for a proposed outdoor fitness station.
- Preferred location for the proposed outdoor fitness station.
- Residents will have a further opportunity to comment before the proposed fitness equipment proceeds.
- A future report will examine safer crossing options for children, pedestrians and park users.
- Residents will have an opportunity to comment on the proposed facility before detailed design proceeds.
- Some future recreation projects may depend on later budget decisions, grant funding and discussions with Greater Sydney Parklands.
Decisions
Outdoor fitness station preferred for Cooper Park
Council endorsed Cooper Park Amphitheatre as the preferred location for an outdoor fitness station and authorised detailed design and community consultation using funding from the 2026/27 Capital Works Program.
Residents will have a further opportunity to comment before the proposed fitness equipment proceeds.
Victoria Road pedestrian crossing investigation requested
Council asked the General Manager to investigate a pedestrian crossing on Victoria Road, Bellevue Hill, between Riddell Street and Birriga Road, and other options near Bellevue Hill Public School, the Bellevue Hill shops and Cooper Park.
A future report will examine safer crossing options for children, pedestrians and park users.
Cooper Park outdoor fitness station
The committee endorsed Cooper Park Amphitheatre as the preferred location for an outdoor fitness station and supported detailed design and community consultation using funding from the 2026/27 Capital Works Program Exercise Station Project (02079). The vote recorded was 12–0.
Residents will have an opportunity to comment on the proposed facility before detailed design proceeds.
Topics
Cooper Park Master Plan implementation
The report noted additional locations for consideration through future capital works budgets and external grant funding, and ongoing engagement with Greater Sydney Parklands about recreation and open-space opportunities accessible to Woollahra residents.
Some future recreation projects may depend on later budget decisions, grant funding and discussions with Greater Sydney Parklands.
Public consultation and future funding
The outdoor fitness station will proceed to detailed design and community consultation using an allocation in the 2026/27 Capital Works Program. Other locations identified in the Cooper Park report remain subject to future funding deliberations.
The preferred fitness-station site is progressing, while other potential improvements are not yet funded or approved.