Perth Voice Interactive

A $2.2millon upgrade of Supreme Court Gardens has been shelved by Perth city councillors.

CEO Gary Stevenson murmured there were time constraints with this project but councillors stuck to their guns and sent it back for more fiddling, save for Reece Harley who wanted to progress it.

The Voice understands the time constraints could relate to next year’s ANZAC day commemorations which are traditionally held in the park, as the five-month timeframe for works means they need to get started pronto if it’s to be in a decent state for the April event.

The upgrades are paid for by the WA government as part of the overall Elizabeth Quay development, and involve installing “a meandering pathway”, formal garden entrances, memorials and heritage restorations, wifi, new turf, and “Paradise Garden” style greenery, all designed to make it more inline with the original intent of “providing a robust place for public recreation” in the city.

The WA government gave the PCC a $3.1million budget to play with but staff found BCL Building Civil and Landscapes could do it for $2.3m.

by DAVID BELL