The City has a plethora of infrastructure projects currently happening across Bunbury. These are in addition to our everyday work such as parks and reserves maintenance, waste, asset maintenance, and more. You can also check out our projects page here, for updates on some of the bigger project updates. Here’s this month’s snapshot of what’s in the works!
Published 07 March 2025
PROJECTS COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY
Reseal works on Bussell Highway between Brittain Road and Robertson Drive and Nuytsia Avenue and Brittain Road have been completed.
The path expansion at Cousins Avenue between Crampton Avenue and Cranbrook Way in Usher is all done and ready for our community to use.
CURRENT PROJECTS IN PROCESS
The Hay Park netball court refurbishment is continuing with the existing courts being replaced with new courts, and upgrades to drainage, lighting and fencing. Refurbishment works at the site started on13 January and will continue until April. You can find out more and keep up to date via the project page here. Or keep an eye on our socials, where we’ll share an update soon!
As part of the broader Frank Buswell Foreshore precinct upgrades, the new and highly anticipated playground is being installed! We will share more on this fun project soon, keep an eye out. While the design work to renew and improve the drainage network at Creek Street remains in the programming stage. Read more about the entire foreshore upgrades here.
Following upgrades last year to the Shenton Street intersection in East Bunbury, we are now resealing the road at Austral Parade, further improving this popular route for road users and the local community.
As part of the exciting and ongoing Hands Memorial Oval upgrades, the City is putting the finishing touches on the new bus bay at Clarke Street in South Bunbury along with the path expansion between Blair and Spencer streets at Halsey Street.
New speed humps are being installed near Bunbury’s Big Swamp. Our works crew are completing these important upgrades to Prince Phillip Drive and Tuart Street. The traffic calming project is part of the City’s ongoing work to improve roadways, create pedestrian-friendly pathways, and implement effective traffic calming measures for our community
Aspart of the City’s ongoing work to improve our road infrastructure to ensure safe and efficient travel for residents and visitors alike, reseal and path renewal works are underway at Fielder Street between Joseph Buswell Road and Spencer Street in South Bunbury.
Landscaping near the recently completed Forrest Park Pavilion is underway. These works will see landscaping around the carpark area. More on the pavilion redevelopment here.
At South West Sports Centre, a tender has been awarded for the pool liner replacement project. This is an exciting upgrade that will see the pool liner replaced with tiles, expected to last for approximately 20 years (compared to four years for past liners) and ensuring minimal service disruption in the longer term. We will share more details on this project soon.
We are continuing to rollout replacement bin enclosures across the city. New, nicer-looking bin enclosures are replacing the outdated infrastructure. While the City’s annual municipal bin replacements are ongoing as part of normal maintenance for residents, when they need it.
At Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre, maintenance work is continuing on the fire system.
The City continues to upgrade power operations at Stirling Street Arts Centre to meet the electricity demand of the centre including pottery studio, shed, outdoor area and to cater for events. This project is expected to be completed this month.
As part of the City’s fleet replacement program under its Asset Management Plan, we are expecting three replacement mowers. All 2024-25 replacement items are on order including two waste trucks, a civil works truck and operational utilities, all of which are expected to arrive mid this year.
PROJECTS STARTING IN MARCH
Traffic calming and minor road upgrades will get underway at the Xavier Street and Mondak Place intersection in Carey Park.
The playground replacement project for Ken Cantwell Park in Glen Iris is set to start this month. The upgrades will include the removal of existing playground equipment, installation of new playground equipment, including edging and cushion fall, and at least one piece of accessible equipment.
The next stage of lighting along the pathway at Horseshoe Lake in East Bunbury will get underway this month. The latest works will see new energy efficient 40watt LED path lights installed to the western side of this popular area.