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Background
The Tatura Skate Park was first opened in December 2000.
It is managed and maintained by Council’s Parks, Sport and Recreation Team.The need for this project arises from the deteriorating elements of the existing park.
A new skate park was included into the 2024/2025 Budget.
The project is funded by the Federal Government's LRCI (Local Roads and Community Infrastructure) program.The first consultation to obtain feedback from the community in relation to proposed elements for inclusion in the skate park design opened on 17 July 2024.
Submissions were accepted until 19 August 2024. A total of 25 design suggestions were given by the community online and one family attended the on-site consultation.A second public consultation listed five potential site locations for the community to vote on.
Consultation was open from 9 to 20 December 2024. A community meeting was offered to the community on 16 December 2024 at 5.30pm to 7pm. The community voted on keeping the skate park in the current location at Flanagan’s Place, Mactier Park.A total of 59 people subscribed to the Tatura Skate Park further news updates.
You can follow the progress of this project or subcribe to updates via email from the Tatura Skate Park project page on our website.
The current Tatura Skate Park is closed to the public from Tuesday 25 March 2025 for the duration of the project. The site will be fenced and the contractor will begin to remove the current skate elements and start to prepare the site.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Why is the new skate park being constructed in its current location at Memorial Place Park, Tatura?
- Will there be another location considered?
- Why are two concept designs being presented to us?
- Why aren’t all of our design suggestions included in two concept design?
- Will there be seating incorporated into the new skate park?
- Why aren’t there lights included in the design?
Community consultation
The consultants presented the following two concept designs, based on the community’s consultation and suggestions. These two concept designs were open for the community to provide feedback throughout the consultation period, between 24 March and Friday 4 April 2025.
A second community consultation session, held on Monday 24 March, generated an array of fantastic suggestions and ideas from our engaged community members.
A standout proposal was the realignment of the skate park footprint, which we believe will bring several positive benefits to the project. The advantages of this proposed change include:
- Improved visibility into the skate park
- Reduced debris from the existing gum trees
- Preservation of the existing slab for future repurposing
- Fewer trees needing to be removed
