Richard Murden Reserve - Multi purpose courts
- Project description:
Three multi-purpose courts with lighting, bubbler, bike racks, paths and landscaping.
- Project address:
Richard Murden Reserve, Hawthorne Parade, Haberfield
- Progress: Completed
- Completion date: July 2019
- Budget: $800,000
- Contact: Sandra Chin, Parks Project Manager on 9392 5007 or sandra.chin@innerwest.nsw.gov.au
- Community engagement: View previous Richard Murden Reserve engagement on our Your Say website
- Project details:
Phase 1 Works: Construction 2019 (outlined in red on plan below)
- Conversion of existing basketball court to three multi-purpose courts with reversible netball / basketball goals
- New bike racks and bins
- New planting and landscaping
- New water refill/dog bowl station
- Realign shared path (temporary path) adjacent to Hawthorne Canal
- Removal of existing path next to road
- New fencing between edge of courts and new shared path
- Removal of one fitness station
- New trees
Future Works - Funded (outlined in blue on plan below)
- 2020; New shared path and lighting as part of the GreenWay Master Plan works
- 2022; New public toilet
Future Works - Unfunded (outlined in blue on plan below)
- New picnic shelter and basketball half court
- New fitness station as part of Greenway Master Plan works
Improving Parking
- Existing parking spaces along Hawthorne Parade will be lined marked to improve parking efficiency
- Parking and traffic conditions will be reviwed six months after the courts are opened for use
Access to Courts
- The facilities will be hard surface
training courts with bookings available during week day afternoons
and evenings
- Concept plan:
Click on image below to see more detail.
Richard Murden Reserve Concept Plan (PDF 560.8KB)
