Council is proposing to install a new fence around part of the baseball diamond at Surrey Park. The proposed fence will match existing fencing and enhance safety for all Surrey Park users.
The proposed fence would be located around the outer north-west edge of the baseball diamond. Currently temporary fencing has been installed around the construction site for the oval restoration project. This is where the proposed fencing will be placed.
The concept design for the project includes:
- A 1.8m high black mesh fence
- Two 1.0m wide pedestrian access gates
- One 4.0m wide vehicle access gates
The project aims to:
- Continue to enable public access to all of Surrey Park
- Increase the safety of other park users while the baseball diamond is being used for games/training (a perimeter fence would minimise ball escape)
- Reduce the potential of dogs escaping onto busier nearby roads
- Improve the standard of sporting facilities within Whitehorse to accommodate both community and elite-level sporting participation
- Reduce workload on volunteers and support increased volunteer involvement/participation (a perimeter fence would remove a temporary fence having to be installed and taken down by volunteers for each use)
