Yerrabi Pond District Park upgrades

New lighting around the pond loop path

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New LED lighting will be installed along Mirrabei Drive and down towards Bizant Street on the western side of the pond. Lighting will also be installed along the shared path from the intersection of Mirrabei Drive and Gundaroo Drive to the Gungahlin skatepark and at the skatepark.

Wunderlich Street

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• Remove and replace the existing toilet facilities. New toilets to include one male and one female accessible toilet as well as a unisex accessible toilet. The unisex accessible toilet will include a baby change table. There is potential to include a mural on the outside of the new facility.
• Remove the existing pergola and picnic facilities on the flying fox side. This area will be replaced with the new toilet facility. One of the picnic facilities (table/seating) will be relocated closer to the flying fox.
• Upgrade the existing picnic facilities on the playground side by replacing the existing shelter, BBQ and picnic settings. This area will also be extended to include 3 more tables/seating, 2 new two-burner BBQs, rubbish bins and lighting.
• 2 new drinking fountains.
• Bicycle parking.
• 4 new tree plantings. One at the relocated picnic facility and three near to the playground – and garden beds.

Bizant Street

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• New wheelchair accessible toilet facility. There is potential to include a mural on the outside of the facility.
• 2 new picnic settings including shelters.
• Line mark the existing carpark, including two accessible parking spaces.
• 8 new tree plantings and garden beds.

Phyllis Ashton Circuit/Strayleaf Crescent/Nellie Hamilton Avenue

Parking improvements

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• Extend the existing parking area along Phyllis Ashton Circuit.  Providing an additional 10 parking spaces with 2-hour 24/7 parking restrictions.
• Line mark a further 13 verge parallel parking spaces along Phyllis Ashton Circuit.
• Convert 35 existing all-day parking along Phyllis Ashton Circuit and Strayleaf Crescent to 2-hour 24/7 parking restrictions.
• Line mark parallel parking spaces along Nellie Hamilton Avenue. No new parking restrictions are proposed to be implemented.

Public space improvements

• 3 new picnic settings on Strayleaf Crescent near to the existing facilities and repair of the pavement in this area.
• Pavement markings on the road to reinforce the shared zone along Phyllis Ashton Circuit and Strayleaf Crescent.

Other works in the area

In addition to the above works, repairs will also be undertaken to the three pedestrian bridges across Yerrabi Pond. Design work is currently underway with construction anticipated to commence in mid-2024. Further information around construction timeframes and potential impacts to pedestrian and cyclist routes will be provided ahead of works commencing.

Completed works

Initial improvements delivered in 2021-22 included eight new seats, new plantings, 22 new 'shared path' signs and additional line marking at key locations, drainage works along the path network, solar lighting, new softfall for the flying fox, a new half climbing wall and new bin shrouds. A new nature play space was also delivered in 2020 with an aquatic theme which features a central climbable turtle paying homage to the species living in our local waterways.

In addition, the Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate (EPSDD) delivered a floating wetland at Yerrabi Pond in 2023. The floating wetland helps improve water quality and minimise harmful algae. You can find out more about this project on the EPSDD website.