FAQs

The Play Provision Strategy is the City’s plan for playgrounds and play spaces over the next 20 years.

 The Strategy aims to make the City’s playgrounds appropriate, fun, stimulating, and accessible for everyone, with a goal of at least one playground within 400 meters from all residents in Canning.

It aims to provide better shade, a focus on nature and adventure play and more inclusive play spaces. If you wish to read the full strategy it can be found under the 'Documents' tab. 

In developing our Play Provision Strategy we conducted a thorough review of all the City’s playgrounds in the City of Canning, and based on their condition we have created a list of those to be upgraded. 

The playgrounds that needed the most attention were upgraded first, with more to follow each financial year. The number of playgrounds to be upgraded each year is determined based on budget and resources. 

Playgrounds are selected based on various factors such as their condition, age and location. Each of the City’s playgrounds was assessed as part of our Play Provision Strategy and provided a condition rating. 

 The playgrounds being upgraded this financial year have been selected as they are considered as needing particular attention. Any further playground upgrades will be guided by the Play Provision Strategy and available budget and resources for that financial year. 

Unfortunately, that means we can’t advise if your local playground will be selected until we have confirmed the list of playgrounds for that financial year. We will however continue to provide project updates and communicate with the community as soon as we can. 

One of the outcomes of the City’s Disability Access and Inclusion Plan is to improve access and inclusion at Council parks and reserves, playgrounds and to our river foreshores.

 Our Play Provision Strategy aims to make all of the City’s playgrounds appropriate, fun, stimulating, and more accessible for everyone. That means considering things like the placement of seating, building accessible pathways and installing universally accessible equipment where possible.

 This will be part of the design process for all playgrounds we have planned for renewal. 

During the development of the Play Provision Strategy the City reached out to a number of organisations within the disability sector, as well as local residents living with a disability or acting as carers.  

These people were invited to participate in the survey and also to attend a workshop to discuss their ideas around how we could improve the City’s playgrounds. This feedback was used to draft a large part of the Strategy which focuses on inclusivity and accessibility. 

Yes, however there will be a temporary fence erected around the construction site. We ask that you take care around any machinery moving in and out of the site.

Work will be carried out between standard working hours of 7am to 5pm on weekdays, so no after-hours disturbance is expected.

Each playground will vary, however generally construction will take roughly six to eight weeks.