More recreation space at Winchelsea Common

Community members and visitors will soon be enjoying more recreation space at the much-loved Winchelsea Common.

Planning for reopening of the reserve’s former go-kart area is progressing following Council endorsement of project scope including addition of a loop path, seating and interpretive signs.

The new path will link to Gladman Street via a new drainage crossover, which will help alleviate localised flooding.

Work is scheduled for completion by the end of 2023, continuing revitalisation of parts of the Common following its decade-long closure due to contamination from former gun club activities.

The former go-kart area contains contaminated soil from throughout the Common but is safely capped with non-contaminated soil.

An Environmental Management Plan prohibits excavation or movement of soil within the area, meaning plans for construction of a bike park have been unable to proceed.

In the New Year Council will discuss with Winchelsea community the potential for establishing a bike park elsewhere.

The reserve was reopened for restricted public access in March 2022 following extensive clean-up work by the then Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, and Council.

Winchelsea projects updates