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Major Projects

Each year we identify major projects based on the commitments we have defined in our suite of strategic plans.

We are currently asking for your feedback on the proposed projects we will carry out in 2024-24. Visit our engagement platform.

The following are our major projects for 2023-24, as included in our Annual Business Plan. Read the Annual Business Plan

Yitpi Yartapuultiku
The Aboriginal Cultural Centre, which we will be building beside the Port River in Port Adelaide, has been officially given the Kaurna name Yitpi Yartapuultiku, meaning the ‘Soul of Port Adelaide’.  Yitpi Yartapuultiku will be a culturally safe place for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people to connect with each other, land and nature. This exciting new public place will deliver:

  • Immersive Aboriginal cultural experiences that connect community, culture and Country
  • Indoor and outdoor activity spaces for arts, performances, conferences and events
  • Accessible public amenities, including a Changing Places facility, welcoming multipurpose community spaces and meeting rooms
  • A stunning landscape that offers cultural spaces, views to the Port River, opportunities for nature play and a picnic area with lawns
  • Improvements in the ecological health of the shoreline and in the water quality of the river
  • Increases in the number of people visiting the PAE region

Our approach to this project allowed for cultural exchange within the design process, offering an example of a working method that is collaborative and respectful. Yitpi Yartapuultiku has been recognised as an outstanding example of authentic and collaborative planning and design with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, winning the Planning with Country award for South Australia in the 2022 Planning Institute Australia Awards. We are excited to share our plans for Yitpi Yartapuultiku. Design work is complete, following a two-year collaborative co-design process with Custodians. Construction will begin in 2023–24. Read more at the project page on Participate PAE.

Inclusive Sports Facilities Program
We will continue to upgrade our community sports facilities to support increased and diverse participation in sports. This year we will continue our construction work at Greenacres and T K Shutter Reserves and we will begin to work on detailed designs for Largs, Klemzig and Duncan Fraser Reserve facilities.

Wauwa Street, Port Adelaide and Victoria Street, Queenstown Streetscape
We will upgrade the streetscapes at Wauwa and Victoria Streets to increase the amount of open space in these areas, using water-sensitive and environmentally sustainable designs.

LED Lighting
We will replace over 6,500 streetlights with energy-efficient LEDs. As power prices continue to rise, LEDs will reduce our City’s power bills while improving street visibility and safety.

Net Zero Emissions Plan Implementation
We are committed to reducing our 2021 corporate greenhouse gas emissions — to begin with by at least 30% by 2025 and then by at least 60% by 2030. This program will include purchasing renewable energy, improving energy and water efficiencies, and switching to low emission alternatives to reduce our carbon footprint.

Improve Waste Management Program
Several activities in this program enable us to improve our waste management services, as well as to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. Our Materials Recovery Facility is now fully operational, and we will continue our work on waste diversion modelling and auditing. We will also introduce a hard waste voucher system and a mattress recycling program.

Dockside Festival
In 2022–23, we hosted this inaugural three-day summer festival in Port Adelaide, celebrating community, sport and culture. We will return in 2023–24 with a program that is sure to have something for everyone in our community.

Grants and Sponsorships for the Arts, Culture and Activation
With our grants and sponsorships program, we will continue to help create an innovative, resilient and empowered community by fostering diversity and inclusion within the arts, not-for-profit and business sectors.

Eastern Precinct Social Infrastructure
We will continue to review the services that our libraries, community centres and community halls provide by building a case for improving social infrastructure on the eastern side of our City. This will build on the work we have already undertaken during 2022–23.

Heritage Conservation Management Plans Development
These plans will provide direction and action plans for the work we will do in the future to conserve, reuse and develop the heritage buildings that we own and maintain on behalf of our community.

Major Projects 2022-23

During 2022- 23 we:

  • Completed design of the Aboriginal Cultural Centre – Yitpi Yartapuultiku
  • Continued our adaptation to climate change through our Living Environment Strategy to green our City, lower our emissions, and protect our coast and landscape
  • Upgraded change rooms at Gepps Cross Reserve, improving user accessibility
  • Delivered the inaugural Dockside Festival, a three-day event featuring community sport and culture
  • Progressed master plans for Semaphore Foreshore and E P Nazer Reserve
  • Delivered a new playground at Dover Street Reserve and Polonia Reserve
  • Significantly progressed infrastructure works to improve our streetscapes, community facilities, roads, drainage, parks and reserves
  • Commenced the installation of tidal gates at the Barker wetlands, expected to be completed early 2023-24
  • Significantly progressed the introduction of a new customer service portal to improve customer experience
  • Held Council Elections in November 2022 in accordance with legislation

"We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the land on which we stand, the Kaurna People of the Adelaide Plains. It is upon their ancestral lands that the Port Adelaide Enfield Council meets. It is also the Place of the Kardi, the Emu, whose story travels from the coast inland. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We respect their spiritual beliefs and connections to land which are of continuing importance to the living Kaurna People of today. We further acknowledge the contributions and important role that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to play within our shared community."