Sports facility in 2021 for Hammond Park community

11DECEMBER2020
Construction of the $9.3 million Frankland Park Sports and Community Facility will begin in early 2021.

Cockburn Council awarded an $8.5 million construction tender for the Hammond Park facility to Shelford Constructions at its final meeting for 2020, on Thursday 10 December.

The multipurpose facility will be built on Frankland Avenue and will include amenities to cater for the Hammond Park Junior Football Club and Melville Braves Baseball Club, which will use it as their HQ.

City of Cockburn Recreation and Community Safety Manager Travis Moore said the project would also include upgrades to Frankland Avenue, which would be finished before May 2021 to allow for the completion of the sporting facilities by November 2021.

The sporting and community facility will comprise club and function spaces, food and beverage areas, toilets, change rooms, and ablutions (toilets/showers). 

External sporting facilities will include two fenced, bore-reticulated grass ovals with lighting for AFL use, a baseball batting cage, exercise equipment and a spectator viewing area.

A carpark for 151 cars will have shade trees and lighting. CCTV will also be installed at the facility.

A section of Frankland Avenue will be widened and street lighting and two medians added to help with vehicle access to the facility carpark, and a bus loading bay.  

Mr Moore said the City identified a lack of public open space in the Hammond Park area while developing the draft Community Sport and Recreation Facilities Plan.

“Currently in Hammond Park there is only one AFL-size reserve to cater for the growing needs of the community, with population in the area expected to double over the course of the next 20 years,” Mr Moore said.

“The development of Frankland Park is critical to ensuring the growing community’s sport and recreation needs can be met.”

Related Pages

Contact

Address

City of Cockburn
Whadjuk Boodja
9 Coleville Crescent,
Spearwood 6163

PO Box 1215, Bibra Lake DC,
Western Australia, 6965

Office opening hours:
8.30am to 4.30pm
Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays)

Language Support

Social Media

Cockburn Nyungar moort Beeliar boodja-k kaadadjiny. Koora, yeyi, benang baalap nidja boodja-k kaaradjiny.
Ngalak kaditj boodjar kep wer kaadidjiny kalyakool yoodaniny, wer koora wer yeyi ngalak Birdiya koota-djinanginy.

City of Cockburn acknowledges the Nyungar people of Beeliar boodja. Long ago, now and in the future they care for Country.
We acknowledge a continuing connection to land, waters and culture and pay our respects to the Elders, past and present.