Playground safety program

Parks and City Services has an ongoing renewal process of existing playgrounds. This process is managed through a Playground Safety Program and is predominately based on safety assessments.

All ACT playgrounds were designed and built in line with Australian and ACT Standards for playgrounds in effect at the time of building. Playgrounds are checked regularly to make sure they are safe and comply with current standards. Some older playgrounds no longer meet the current Australian Standards. A playgrounds’ design contributes greatly to how it meets safety standards. A style of playground installed in the late 1980s had many elements that no longer meet current Australian Standards. These elements are now judged as high risk and when funds are available, the playgrounds with these elements are replaced before others.

Parks and City Services staff are also finalising a Play Space Strategy that will enable more effective management, distribution, maintenance and provision of ACT public play spaces. The strategy implementation will re-examine play space distribution based on user need, current and projected demography, changing social practices, access and the potential for links with other community facilities. As each play space moves higher on the list for renewal, the opportunity for relocation, in line with the draft Play Space Strategy, will be investigated.

Play spaces to be renewed in 2012

The ACT Government is pleased to announce the renewal of ten play spaces across the ACT in the 2011-12 and 2012-13 financial years. The Playground Safety Program is an ongoing capital works program that renews ACT play spaces in line with Australian and ACT Standards and best practice contemporary play space design.

The following play spaces will be renewed in 2012: 

Area	Suburb	Location	Play Space Category
Inner South	Yarralumla	Mueller Street (plan 1) ( 493Kb) and plan 2 ( 467Kb)	Central
Tuggeranong	Gilmore	Rosman Circuit ( 516Kb)	Local
Tuggeranong	Kambah	Gibbs Place ( 482Kb)	Local
Tuggeranong	Kambah	Krafer Place ( 775Kb)	Local
Tuggeranong	Gordon	Point Hut Pond ( 346Kb)	District

Construction will commence in March 2012 and be completed by September 2012.

The following play spaces will be renewed in 2012-13 subject to available funding: 

To view the community consultation outcomes for all of the above play spaces below please click here.

Please click on the links below to view previous play space renewals:

• 2010-11 play space renewals 
• 2009-10 play space renewals