Baker Square in Hamilton Hill to take weeks to repair after hoons destroy lawn
The City of Cockburn has been left with a hefty bill after hoons caused extensive damage to an oval in Hamilton Hill.
The lawn at Baker Square was ripped up by hoons doing doughnuts on Thursday night, leaving Cockburn Netball Club without a place to complete their running drills and the city’s parks team with extensive work to do.
Operations and maintenance acting head Craig Marshal said they would need to rake, install lawn sand and wait for the turf to grow back.
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The work could cost the city thousands of dollars and its upkeep and maintenance is expected to take longer than usual due to the ground temperature being colder at this time of year.
“The city is always extremely disappointed when faced with vandalism. Our parks team takes great pride in the care and maintenance of the city’s parks and ovals and they are much-loved public spaces by our residents,” Mr Marshal said.
“We are working hard to rehabilitate the damage as quickly as possible and repairs began on Monday.”
Damage on Baker Square in Hamilton Hill from hoons. Credit: City of Cockburn
The damage has left the Cockburn Netball Club, which practices at the adjacent courts, without its usual space for fitness training until the turf has regrown, which is expected to take three to four weeks.
In the short term, the netball teams will have to train on a small undamaged section of the park.
Anyone who sees vandalism such as this in progress is urged to report it immediately to police on 13 14 44.