Central Coast Council has received $850,000 from Round Four of the Stronger Country Community Fund to improve accessibility to the Niagara Park Stadium.

The project proposes to provide an accessibility upgrade, including a new driveway, car park including two disabled parking spaces and pedestrian pathways as well as a refresh to the building’s façade, to support current community use and encourage patronage to the area.

Niagara Park Stadium is a key community recreation asset, featuring four multipurpose sports courts that cater for basketball, netball, volleyball, futsal, badminton, table tennis, and roller derby. The stadium also has a gymnastic trampoline area, a dance studio, martial arts dojo and community meeting spaces.

The venue is highly utilised by local and visiting community members attending events such as Basketball NSW State League games, Table Tennis NSW Country Championships, Scottish International Highland Dance and Physical Culture Championships as well as a wide range of hirers such as Football NSW, Volleyball NSW, Netball NSW and Central Coast Volleyball.

Council wanted to hear about how these improvements can be made with both local and visiting communities’ needs in mind.

The community were invited to have their say on the following accessibility updates and aesthetic improvements:

1. New driveway and car park
2. New pedestrian pathways
3. Updated building façade

Have your say by:

• reading the frequently asked questions (right side of this page)
• Adding your feedback to the interactive concept plans (now closed)

Community comments were collected between 11 October and 8 November 2022.

Engagement Results A total of 11 comments were received and a total of 71 votes were placed on comments and features. The concept plans received 89% support for the proposed features.

Themes from the feedback included:

• Improving access via new pathways
• Additional disabled parking spaces
• Façade and protecting future vandalism
• Bike racks and bush regeneration