Mogo Recreation Park Masterplan

Project: Preparing a Masterplan for Mogo Recreation Park.

Funding:

  • $999,000 through the Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants Program (obtained by the Mogo Village Business Chamber).
  • Council via the Mogo Trails - Growing Local Economies Fund and Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund.

Timeframe:

  • Ethos Urban finalised the Masterplan in August 2022.
  • Construction works on the pump track have commenced and is scheduled to be completed in May 2023.
  • The Mogo Village Business Chamber (the Chamber) will then construct the recreation facilities. For more information about the timeframe, please contact the Chamber.

Last updated: April 2023

Details

We are working to:

  • assist the Mogo Village Business Chamber to plan some new recreation spaces.

Benefits to the community:

  • input into the new facilities at Mogo Recreation Park.

The Chamber identified the Mogo Recreation Park as a suitable location for a new community building and pump track (a circuit for bike riding). We are helping the Chamber to prepare options and plans for these two facilities.

We have engaged Ethos Urban to prepare a Masterplan for Mogo Recreation Park. The Masterplan will:

  • outline two possible locations for a community building and pump track
  • help deliver actions in the draft Mogo Village Place Activation Plan related to Mogo Trails, parking and more shade
  • ensure the integrity of the oval for future growth as a recreation space.

The main aims of the Masterplan are to:

  • provide safe, easy access to park infrastructure
  • retain and enhance high value trees and vegetation where possible
  • locate new facilities to maximise flexibility and ensure the capacity for future growth
  • locate facilities to minimise conflict and ensure different activities can take place at the same time.

Masterplan options

Option 1

Option 1 key features:

  • Maximise the size of the pump track in a location that is accessible both from Queen Street and Mogo Street.
  • Enable the retention of the existing amenity block and play equipment onsite.
  • The pump track is located on the northern third of the site.
  • Carparking is positioned on the edges to maximise parking ease and vehicle access.
  • Mountain bike shuttle location is close to the proposed mountain bike trail head, off Buckenbowra Road.
  • Mountain bike shuttle location is close to the Princes Highway turn-off.
  • The community building is on the higher ground to the south-east of the oval. This provides good views of the oval, but not the intended pump track, and has less direct parking and access options.

Option 2

Option 2 key features:

  • Retains the location of the proposed mountain bike drop-off, on-street parking and pump track.
  • The community building is at the northern end of the playing field. This provides better access to existing parking and underground services off Queen Street.
  • This option would require the demolition of the existing toilet block (the new community building will have toilets). We would aim to recycle some of the materials from the existing toilet block and reuse them elsewhere in the park.
  • New artwork will be instated once new facility is completed.
  • The existing play equipment will be kept in its current position.
  • The existing barbecue and shelter could be relocated to a new position, next to the play equipment.

Community feedback on masterplan options

In July 2022, we asked community members to tell us which of these two options they preferred. We passed on the feedback to the Chamber to help them deliver their project.

The Mogo community decided that option 1 was the preferred masterplan.

Ethos Urban finalised the Masterplan in August 2022.

Project updates

Here's a summary of activities that have taken place so far:

April 2023

  • The Mogo Village Business Chamber is preparing the Development Application for the community building located on the pump track grounds.

August 2022

  • Ethos Urban finalised the Masterplan.

More information

For more information, please contact Shane Spicer, Project Coordinator – Mogo Trails