Bartlett Street Centre and Thomas Wemyss Park - Ermington

The upgrade of Thomas Wemyss Park, Ermington was completed with support from the Australian Government’s Local Roads and Community Infrastructure (LRCI) Program. As a successful recipient of grant funding under Phase 2 of the LRCI, Council was able to deliver additional upgrades aligned with the feedback received from the community in Phase Two Community Consultation for the Bartlett Street Shops & Thomas Wemyss Park BNP Project.

This project was completed in June 2022.

  • Resurfacing of the existing basketball court and provision of new multi-purpose sports equipment (including new basketball backboards, rings and net and netball ring)
  • Installation of two new picnic shelters; adjacent to the recently completed playground, and next to the basketball court
  • Installation of new street furniture within the park, including picnic tables and benches
  • Installation of a solar-powered pedestrian lighting network from Bartlett Street to Vignes Street to improve accessibility and enhance the safe passage of users through the park at dawn and dusk
  • Provision of a drinking fountain at one of the entry points to the park.
  • Pedestrian footpath improvements (fixing cracked and dangerous sections of paving) to enhance safety
  • New fencing along Bartlett Street (timber bollards)
  • New vegetation (trees, shrubs and groundcover)
  • New street furniture (adjacent to footpath)

The above works were in addition to the recently finished Better Neighbourhood Program (BNP) project at this site, which saw Council deliver:

  • A new local playground at Thomas Wemyss Park with a variety of play elements to engage children across a number of age groups and abilities and the replacement of the existing artificial turf and soft-fall with new rubber softfall
  • Reconditioning of the playground retaining wall and landscaping to the surrounding garden beds
  • An entry footpath to the sports court and park to enhance accessibility and pedestrian movement
  • An extensive public domain upgrade at Bartlett Street Shops with new pavement treatment, shade tree planting, upgraded garden beds and seating for enhance walkability and identity of streetscape.

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Before & After

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After