2025-26 park, building and road projects

Council completes a wide range of construction projects each year to deliver new and improved services to the community and maintain and renew infrastructure assets. 

Search the table below for community engagement, design and works commencing or in progress.

Contact details are provided in the attached notification letter or web page link, or click on the completed projects list.

For all other related enquiries, including works at locations not listed below, contact Inner West Council on 02 9392 5000 or email council@innerwest.nsw.gov.au

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Suburb	Location	Details	Project type	Budget 25/26 full year ('000)	Spent YTD ('000)	Anticipated completion	Status	Progress
Ashfield	Ashfield Civic Centre	Building Upgrades	Community facility	-	-	September 2025		Design
Ashfield	Ashfield Plaza	Mainstreet Local Placemaking	Footpath	-	-
Ashfield	Hammond Park	Hammond Park Amenities Upgrade	Community facility	550	104	March 2026		Procurement of Building Services
Ashfield	Hammond Park	Hammond Park Sporting Ground Upgrade	Community facility	-	-	March 2026		Construction commencing September 2025
Ashfield	Pratten Park	Pratten Park Bowling Club	Community Facility	-	-	2028		Planning
Balmain	Clontarf Cottage	Roof renewal, painting and kitchen refurbishment	Community facility	200	-	October 2025		Commencing August 2025
Balmain	Dawn Fraser Baths	Northern Pavilion Refurbishment	Community facility	-	-	June 2027		Construction
Balmain	Gladstone Park	New Public Toilet	Community facility	-	-	September 2025		Construction
Balmain	Illoura Reserve	Aboriginal Survival Memorial	Community facility	215	72	August 2025		Design
Birchgrove	Mort Bay Park	Mort Bay Park Upgrade	Community facility	-	-	June 2026		Procurement & Design
Dulwich Hill	Jack Shanahan Reserve	Surface Repairs and Lighting Upgrade	Community facility	-	-	Stage 1 - September 2025 Stage 2 - October 2025		Construction
Dulwich Hill	JF Laxton Reserve	JF Laxton Reserve Upgrade	Community facility	-	-	June 2026		Design
Dulwich Hill	Johnson Park	Park Masterplan Upgrade	Community facility	-	-	Spring 2025		Construction
Haberfield	Richard Murden Reserve Amenities	Amenities Upgrades	Community facility	-	-
Haberfield	Richard Murden Reserve	Inclusive Playground	Community facility	-	-	June 2025		Construction
Haberfield	Richard Murden Reserve	Netball Court Improvements	Community facility	-	-
Leichhardt	Leichhardt Park Aquatic Centre (LPAC)	Aquatic Centre Upgrade	Community facility	-	-	October 2025		Design
Lilyfield	Callan Park	Callan Park Tidal Baths	Community facility	-	-			Design
Lilyfield	Leichhardt Park	Leichhardt Park Jetty Renewal	Community facility	-	-
Lilyfield	Lilyfield Road	Lilyfield Road Raised Pedestrian Crossings Notification letter and detailed design (PDF 5.4MB)	Roads and traffic	-	-	October 2025		Commenced
Marrickville	Annette Kellerman Aquatic Centre	Aquatic Centre Upgrade, Exterior Recladding Works, New Boiler Installation	Community facility	-	-	Stage 1 September 2024		Planning
Marrickville	Henson Park	Henson Park Grandstand Redevelopment (*$12m external funding)	Community facility	-	-	September 2025		Commenced
Marrickville	Henson Park	Pathway and Lighting Upgrade	Community facility	-	-	Stage 1 March 2025		Commenced
Marrickville	Mackey Park	Canoe Ramp	Community facility	-	-	May 2025		Commenced
Marrickville	Mackey Park	Amenities Upgrade	Community facility	300	1.95	March 2026		Construction commencing in September 2025
Marrickville	Steel Park	Steel Park Sporting Ground Upgrade	Community facility	-	-	March 2026		Construction commencing in September 2025
Newtown	Lord Street	Stormwater Upgrade Works  Notification letter  (PDF 155KB)	Stormwater	-	-	August 2025		Commencing
Petersham	KU Petersham	Building Refurbishment, Flood Mitigation	Community facility	-	-	December 2025		Design
St Peters	Active Transport	Road Renewal, Hogan Avenue to Gleeson Avenue	Roads and traffic	-	-
Sydenham	Burrows Avenue and George Street	St Peters Interchange Active Transport Works: Sydenham Station Cycleway (WXC M5)	Roads and traffic	-	-	July 2025		Commenced
Tempe	Kendrick Park	Aboriginal Survival Memorial	Community facility	-	-
Various	Playgrounds at Bill Peters Reserve, Illoura Reserve, Tom Kenny Reserve	Playground Program	Community facility	-	-	June 2025		Construction
Various	Various	Playing Field Renovation Program	Community	-	-
Various	Various	Main Street Revitalisation	Footpath, Community	-	-
Various	Various	Park Footpaths Renewal	Footpath, Community	-	-
Various	Various	Pedestrian Access and Mobility Plan, Kerb Ramp Upgrades	Footpath, roads and traffic	-	-	June 2026		Commenced
Various	GreenWay	GreenWay: Active Transport and Biodiversity Corridor from Cooks to Cove	Community facility	-	-	Spring 2025		Construction

Completed projects

Suburb	Location	Details	Project type	Budget ('000)	Spent YTD ('000)	Completion	Status	Progress
Lilyfield	Leichhardt Park Pathway	Construction of new 150m pathway through Leichhardt Park between Mary Street and Frazer Street	Community facility	80	-	July 2025		Completed
Annandale	Annandale Town Hall	Building Refurbishment	Community facility			July 2025		Completed

Previous years

Open the links below to see the projects and works completed by Council in previous financial years:

Projects from 2024-25

Projects from 2023-24

Projects from 2022-23

Service unit performance reporting

You can also view the service unit performance reporting page here:

Service unit performance reporting