Central Park lighting

Project typePark improvements - lighting installation

In 2025, the City of Stonnington will install six low-spill floodlights on 25m lighting towers around the John Landy Oval at Central Park, Malvern East.

Installation of the new floodlights comes off the back of two rounds of consultation in 2021 and 2022 in which the community indicated significant support for the lights.

Works will commence in January 2025 and are expected to be completed by April 2025 with minimal disruption to the oval.

We recognise works of this nature will cause some inconvenience. Every effort will be made to keep disruption to a minimum and we thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.

Background

In 2019 a Parks Service Review was completed to collect ideas from the community on areas where we could make improvements to our parks.

Feedback from the 2019 Parks Service Review listed lighting at Central Park as something that would improve the park, with the lack of lighting listed as contributing to a perception of the park being unsafe, particularly at night.

Central Park's John Landy oval is one of only a few sporting grounds that does not have lighting, which severely limits the hours of use for community recreation and sporting clubs based at the oval.

To address the safety and usability concerns, we are proposing to install state-of-the-art park lighting that is low-spill (so illumination will not encroach beyond the oval) and has adjustable lighting levels.

The adjustable lighting means the illumination can be increased when the oval is being used for activities such as sports training or decreased to suit other recreation activities such as jogging, exercising or dog walking.

Project overview

Project status	Commencing January 2025
Project type	Park improvement - floodlight installation
Scope of work	Remove one existing power pole Install six new low-spill floodlights on 25m poles
Construction timeline	January to April 2025
Hours of work	7am to 5pm (Monday to Friday) 9am to 3pm (Saturday)
Contact	Contractor Eco Electrical Services Pty Ltd Patrick M: 0447 902 541 City of Stonnington Senior Project Manager Jessica Q Zhang M: 0439 834 072 Emergency (out of hours) P: 8290 1333

Consultation

In 2021 and 2022, community engagement programs were completed to understand the views of local residents and sporting clubs around:

Support for lights at Central Park oval
Lighting design
Hours of operation

For more on the community engagement visit the ConnectStonnington engagement hub

Floodlight locations

John Landy Oval - floodlight tower locations

Location

Wattletree Road, Malvern East 3145 View map

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