St Georges Road named preferred site for new playspace, pending Council decision Georges River Council’s Assets and Infrastructure Committee has recommended site investigations and concept design at St Georges Road, with $50,000 proposed for 2026/27 and $750,000 for 2027/28. Council: Georges River Council Meeting: 9 November 2026 Recorded status: proposed BRIEF Georges River Council’s Assets and Infrastructure Committee has recommended progressing investigations and concept design at St Georges Road, identified by community consultation as the preferred location for a consolidated neighbourhood playspace. The proposed budget is $50,000 for investigations, design and consultation in 2026/27, followed by $750,000 for detailed design and construction in 2027/28. The committee also recommended keeping Forest Road open during the proposed project and reporting further consultation outcomes to Council before detailed design. The record does not establish final Council adoption. KEY FACTS - The committee recommendation records that community consultation identified St Georges Road as the preferred location for a consolidated neighbourhood playspace. - The committee recommendation includes site investigations and concept design covering parking, traffic and access, including possible adjoining car-park upgrades. - The proposed rephased budget is $50,000 in FY2026/27 and $750,000 in FY2027/28. - The committee recommended keeping Forest Road open, accessible and operational during planning, design and construction of the St Georges Road project. - The committee recommended further consultation on both parks, with the outcomes reported to Council for consideration before detailed design begins. - The minutes record the committee motion as carried unanimously, but the item remains a recommendation to Council. ANALYSIS OF THE RECORD - The record supports reporting this as a carried committee recommendation, not as a final Council decision. - The recommendation makes progression at St Georges Road subject to site investigations to confirm suitability, so the minutes do not support presenting the site as finally selected. - The minutes provide budget years and amounts but no specific dates for Council consideration, further consultation or construction commencement. QUESTIONS FOR FOLLOW-UP REPORTING - When will Council consider the committee recommendation? - When would consultation on the St Georges Road and Forest Road concept designs occur if the recommendation is adopted? - What findings will determine whether St Georges Road is suitable for the consolidated playspace? - If Council adopts the recommendation, when would detailed design and construction begin? RECORDED NEXT STEPS - Council adoption would be needed to give effect to the committee's proposed steps; the supplied record does not establish that adoption. - If adopted, the recommendation would authorise site investigations and concept design for St Georges Road, including parking, traffic and access assessments and consideration of adjoining car-park improvements. - If adopted, the recommendation would call for concept plans for the future repurposing of Forest Road to be prepared concurrently. - If adopted, the recommendation would require further consultation on both parks and reporting of the outcomes to Council for consideration before detailed design begins. SOURCE PASSAGES The committee recommendation records St Georges Road as the preferred location identified through community consultation and seeks Council endorsement and authorisation for site investigations and concept design to confirm suitability, including parking, traffic and access assessments and consideration of adjoining car-park improvements. "COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: Councillor Jamieson, Councillor Landsberry That Council: (a) Note the outcome of the Pole Depot Park Playspace community engagement. (b) Note that community consultation identified the St Georges Road playspace as the preferred location for the consolidated neighbourhood playspace and endorse progression to site investigations and concept design to confirm its suitability. (c) Authorise progression of the project to detailed site investigations and concept design, including assessment of associated parking, traffic and access arrangements, with opportunities for upgrades and improvements to the adjoining car park to be investigated and considered as part of the project scope." (ASS054-26, committee recommendation (a)–(c)) The proposed budget rephasing would allocate $50,000 in FY2026/27 for site investigations, concept design and community consultation on the proposed designs, and $750,000 in FY2027/28 for detailed design and construction. "(d) Approve the rephasing of the project capital budget, to be $50,000 for concept design in FY2026/27 for site investigations, concept design and community consultation on the proposed designs, and $750,000 in FY2027/28 for detailed design and construction." (ASS054-26, committee recommendation (d)) The proposed steps include preparing concept plans for future Forest Road repurposing concurrently with the St Georges Road design phase, treating both sites as an integrated recreational network, and keeping the Forest Road playspace open, accessible and operational throughout planning, design and construction. "(e) As part of the design phase for the new neighbourhood playspace at St Georges Road, prepare concept plans for the future repurposing of the Forest Road site concurrently, to ensure both sites are considered as an integrated recreational network. (f) Ensure that the Forest Road playspace remains open, accessible and operational throughout the planning, design and construction phases of the St Georges Road playspace project." (ASS054-26, committee recommendation (e)–(f)) The proposed further consultation would cover concept designs for both St Georges Road and Forest Road parks, with outcomes reported to Council for consideration before detailed design begins. "(g) Undertake further community consultation on the concept designs for both the St Georges Road and Forest Road parks, and report the outcomes of that consultation to Council for consideration prior to the commencement of detailed design." (ASS054-26, committee recommendation (g)) The minutes record the committee motion as unanimous and carried. "Record of Voting For the Motion: Mayor, Councillor Borg, Councillor Mort, Councillor Allison, Councillor Anzellotti, Councillor Arthur, Deputy Mayor, Councillor Dimoski, Councillor Gao, Councillor Hayes, Councillor Jamieson, Councillor Landsberry, Councillor Liu, Councillor Mahoney, Councillor Pun, Councillor Stratikopoulos, Councillor Wang Georges River Council - Minutes of Assets and Infrastructure Committee Meeting - 9 November 2026 Page 7 On being PUT to the meeting, voting on this Motion was UNANIMOUS. The Motion was CARRIED. Georges River Council - Minutes of Assets and Infrastructure Committee Meeting - 9 November 2026 Page 8 ASS055-26 Oatley Park, Kyle Williams Reserve and Poulton Park (Report by Manager Assets and Traffic) COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: Councillor Landsberry, Deputy Mayor, Councillor Dimoski That Council: (a) Note the restoration, revegetation and environmental rehabilitation works undertaken within Oatley Park, Kyle Williams Reserve and Poulton Park in response to damage caused by activities contrary to the applicable Plans of Management." (ASS054-26, voting record and carried declaration before ASS055-26) SOURCES https://georgesriver.infocouncil.biz/RedirectToDoc.aspx?URL=Open/2026/11/ASS_09112026_MIN.PDF https://minutesradar.com/news/georges-river-infocouncil-assets-and-infrastructure-committee-9-nov-2026-9-nov-2026-minutes-st-georges-road-named-preferred-site-for-new-pl-96ea0c4f6b/ Prepared from public council minutes using automated drafting and checks. 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