Douglas Shire Council non-committal over free entry to future Port Douglas splash park
FREE OR NOT FREE?
Douglas Shire Council has shied away from reaffirming future entry to the much-discussed, but yet-to-built Douglas splash park will be free.
Rather Council offered a non-committal response they’ll assess feedback gathered from recent public consultation surveys and sessions and make a call from there.
That's despite page two of their online Port Douglas aquatic precinct factsheet stating "the Port Douglas splash park would be unfenced,(have) free entry, open 365 days/year and closed at night".
We asked Council just days ago ‘will the splash park in Port Douglas be free to use? or will you have to pay? and received the following answer to our question.
“Ensuring the views of the community are heard is a priority so the analysis of the project’s public consultation is Council’s current focus,” DSC mayor Michael Kerr told Newsport.
“The operating arrangement of the splash park will be considered as part of future project planning.”
It also remains unclear and unconfirmed whether the Mossman Splash park will also be free entry.
What do you think? Should Douglas Shire residents have to pay to use our future splash park?
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