Pooches are wagging their tails for a new enclosed off-leash dog park at Delahey reserve.
The gated dog park features a drinking fountain, natural rummaging areas, shelter, dog waste dispensers and bins, and a run about area with a separate space for small and shy dogs.
It’s been a long time coming for the park, which locals started campaigning for in 2018.
Brimbank resident, Rachel Hayes, initially submitted a petition to council asking for the facility to be built.
At first, park plans were knocked back by council but later reviewed when Cr Maria Kerr raised a notice of motion in a 2021 council meeting, calling for a review of council’s Creating Better Parks Policy and Plan to include investigating the dog park at Delahey Reserve.
The motion was carried and works on the park commenced earlier this year.
Council said delays on the park were due to a need to modify design plans to reduce the impact on vegetation at the site after ecological surveys found native grasslands in certain areas of the reserve.
