More mowing for Council parks

A restructure of Liverpool City Council’s parks department will mean local parks are mowed more frequently and better maintained.

Each area of Liverpool will now have a dedicated team looking after its parks. Previously the parks department operated as a single unit across the entire Local Government Area.

Liverpool Mayor Wendy Waller said splitting the parks department into separate geographic teams – and specialist teams working on trees and playing fields – would allow for greater efficiency and closer connection to local communities.

“Our new parks teams will be out and about in the same local communities every day,” Mayor Waller said. “Many of course already live and work in their community but now every parks staff member will be a ‘local’.

“And with less time spent travelling between parks, each team will be able to devote more time to mowing and park maintenance.

“Under our new system each park will be visited once every three weeks. It’s a great result for residents and for Council.”

The new parks teams are:

Liverpool CBD;Wattle Grove (Wattle Grove, Holsworthy, Hammondville, Voyager Point, Pleasure Point);Moorebank (Moorebank, Ashcroft, Warwick Farm, Liverpool);Chipping Norton;Casula (Casula, Busby, Heckenberg, Miller, Cartwright, Sadleir, Lurnea, Mt Pritchard);Cecil Hills (Hinchinbrook, Green Valley, Elizabeth Hills, Cecil Hills);Middleton Grange (Middleton Grange, West Hoxton, Horningsea Park, Carnes Hill, Hoxton Park);Bringelly (Bringelly, Prestons, Austral, Rossmore, Greendale, Luddenham, Badgerys Creek, Kemps Creek);Programmed Trees (working on planned tree work);Reactive Trees (responding to emergencies/urgent tree work);Sports West;Sports East;Playgrounds;Ready Response.

A series of free community barbecues will be held to introduce the parks teams to their local residents.